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MEMORIAL 



GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRINT. 



MEMORIAL 



ULYSSES S. GRANT 



FROM THK 



CITY OF BOSTON. 



The humblest soldier who carrieil a musket is entitled to as much credit for the results 
of the war as those who were in command. — Speech of Grant in Hamburg, Germany, 1811. 

Although a soldier by profession, I have ne%'er felt any fondness for war, and I have 
never advocated it except as a means of peace. — Speech of Grant in London, ISll. 




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I>j Board of Aldermen, October 2C>, 18S3. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of Committees be authorized to prepare for publication 
the proceedings of the City Council upon the death of Gen. Ultsses S. Grant, 
together with an account of the Memorial Services on the 22d of October, at 
Tremont Temple, including the Eulogy pronounced on the occasion by Rev. 
Henry Ward Beechek; that six thousand copies be printed, and fifty copies 
furnished to each member of the City Council, and the remaining copies dis- 
tributed under the direction of the Committee on Printing; the expense thereby 
incurred to be charged to the appropriation for Incidentals. 

Passed. Sent down for concurrence. 

Nov. 5, came up concurreil. 

Approved by the Mayor Nov. 7, 1885. 

A true copy. 

Attest: AUG. N. SAMPSON, 

City Clerk. 



CONTENTS. 



Services 



Action of the City Government 

De:itli of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 
Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen 

Remarks of Ills Honor Mayor O'Brien 

Resolutions offereel by Alderman Hart 

Remarks of Ahlerman Hart . 

Remarks of Alderman Donovan 

Action relative to attcndinf; Funeral and holding Memorial 
Proceedings of the Common Council 

Remarks of William M. Osborne 

Remarks of Isaac Rosnosky . 

Remarks of William Taylor, Jr. 

Remarks of Harvey N. Collison 

Remarks of Charles W. Whitcomb 

Remarks of Benjamin B. Jenks 

Remarks of Francis L. White . 

Remarks of William H. H. Emmons 
Meeting in Faneuil Hall . 

Opening Address of His Excellency Governor Robinson 

Resolutions offered by Ex-Mayor Prince 

Remarks of Ex-Mayor Prince . 

Address of Hon. Charles Devens 
Memorial Services .... 

Prayer by Rev. B. F. Hamilton 

Ode by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe 

Poem by Miss Louise Imogen Guiney 
EuLOGT BT Henrv Ward Beecheu 
Final Proceedings .... 
Chronological Taisle of the Life of General Ulysses S. Grant 



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DEATH OF GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT. 



Ulysses Simpson Gkant, the eighteenth President of the 
United States, and the ilhistrioiis Union General, died at eight 
minutes past eight ocloek, on the morning of Thursday, July 23, 
1885J' at Mount McGregor, in the State of New York. 

For several months prior to his death General Grant had 
been sufl'ering from a cancerous atfection of the throat, Mhich 
had assumed a malignant character and seriously undermined his 
health, and occasioned to his friends the deepest anxiety regard- 
ing his condition. Upon the advent of warm Aveather his 
physicians advised his speedy removal from his city home in 
New York to the more favoralile retirement of the country, and, 
on the sixteenth day of June, he was accordingly conveyed to 
the summer residence of Mr. Joseph AV. Drexel, at Mount 
McGregor, in the Adirondacks. lie arrived at his destination in 
an extremely weakened condition, but afterwards I'allied, and at 
times during the interval of liis .sojourn at ]\Iount McGregor 
seemed fo imi>rove in health and strength. A\'ith characteristic 
fortitude he bore the torments of a cruel and fatal disease without 
a nuu-nuu', and almost in the face of death calmly devoted his 
closing days to the i)reparatioii of his memoirs. This task appar- 
ently engrossed the mind of the dying hero, and his life was 
spared long enough to enable him to complete the literary labor 
he had undertaken. He lingered l)ut a few short weeks in his 
new home, — weeks of pain and suti'cring on his part, and of 
tender solicitude on the part of his friends and the nation for 



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■whom 1r' had done so much. His death took place as al)Ove 
stated, and General Grant passed awaj', surrounded by the 
meniljcrs of his household and loving friends, and mourned l)}- the 
■whole civilized world. 

The intelligence of the death of General Grant was flashed by 
telegraph over the country, and, immediately upon the reception 
of the sad news in Boston, the iire-alarm 1)ells, with their solemn 
tolling, announced to our pcoi)ie that the d3ing General, whose 
suflerings had so long held their hearts, had closed his eartlily 
career. 

The following call was issued by His Honor Mayor O'Brien to 
the members of the two branches of the City Council to assemble 
in their respective chambers and take appropriate action regarding 
the calamity that had befallen the nation : — 



CITY OF BOSTON. 

Executive Dep^aetjient, 

July 23, 1885. 

To the Honorable City Council of Boston: — 

Having been informed of the deatli, vvhicli occurred 
this morning, of Ulysses S. Grant, ex-President of the 
United States, you are hereby requested to assemble in 
your respective chambers, on this Thursday afternoon, at 
two o'clock, for the purpose of taking such action touch- 
ing the sorrowful event as will ajDpropriately express the 
sympathy of our citizens over this national bereavement 
and their resj^ect for the memory of the illustrious de- 
ceased. 

HUGH O'BEIE^^, 

Mayor. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. 

His Honor JIayor O'Brien presided and read the call, whicli 
was sent down. 

The Mayor then made the following: address: — 

Gextlemex of the Boaed of Aldermex, — It is 
a solemn event Avhich calls us together to-day. The 
news of the death of Genei-al Ulysses S. Grant is 
in the jjossession of the world. Throughout civilized 
countries the announcement of that sad fitct is visibly felt. 
The nation, which the dead hero did so much to presei've, 
has the tmqnalified sympathy of all other lands at this 
moment. This fact alone is one of the strongest e\idences 
of the greatness of the departed. 

T\lien we glance at the past, and reflect on the achieve- 
ments of General Grant, it is not strange that America 
keenly mourns his loss. ^STo citizen of the present gen- 
eration has stood so prominently before tlie public as 
General Grant, or has rendered more distinguished ser- 
vices to his country. Comparatively ttnknown at the 
commencement of the late war, his patriotism and love of 
country led him to take an active part early in the strug- 
gle, and his bravery, his courage, and his indomitable Avill 
soon placed him at the head of om- army. 

Dm-ing the long struggle that followed, in victory or 
defeat, he never faltered. Determined and resolute, he 
felt the importance of his position. He knew that on his 
success depended the preservation of the Union. He was 
always true to his country, and his name will be honored 



14 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

and respected for all time for the distinguished services 
he rendered that country in her hour of need. An in- 
domitable "will and courage characterized his whole life, 
even through the dark days which preceded his journey 
into the valley of death. If he had any faults they are 
forgotten in remembrance of his many virtues. 

When peace was proclaimed he was elevated by his 
fellow-counti-ymen to the highest position in their gift. 
As the successor of Washington, and Adams, and Jef- 
ferson, and Jackson, and Lincoln, he became, by common 
consent, the first man in the republic, and it may well be 
said of him that he was " first in war, first in peace, and 
first in the hearts of his countrymen." 

j!^ow that he has gone, it is our duty, as liberty-loving 
peoj^le, to jjlace upon record our tributes of love and re- 
spect for his memory as a man, a citizen, and a soldier. 
While all other sections of the Union are remembering 
him, Boston desii'es to add its grateful acknowledgments 
for the services he rendered it as a part of this rej^nblic 
in the dark days of war. Honesty of purpose, coiirage, 
patriotism, and honor were among the qualities which he 
possessed in an eminent degree. These were all placed 
at the disposal of his country at a time when their worth 
was of inestimable value. The Avhole Union profited by 
them, and the city of Boston will ever cherish the share 
of glory and honor which came to it through the efforts 
of this renowned soldier. 

In the prime of life he has been taken from among us. 
With a robust constitution, there was a prospect that he 
would li^'e for many years, and enjoy a peaceful old age. 
Providence has willed it otherwise. 



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It is sad to reflect that, in the late financial crisis, the 
last year of his life was one of trouhle and embarrass- 
ment, through BO act of his, and over which he had no 
control. He lost his worldly possessions, hut he pre- 
served his manhood, his integrity, and his honor, by 
voluntarily giving up all that he possessed, even the 
presents that a grateful nation and admiring friends had 
forced upon him. He met the disaster with the same 
courage and fortitude that marked every act of his public 
life. 

His countrymen, liowever, were determined that he 
should never sufter financially. From all sections of the 
land Congress was petitioned to place him on the retired 
list of the ai-my, so as to enable him to pass the remainder 
of his days in peaceful repose. He was not permitted, 
however, long to enjoy this manifestation of the gratitude 
of the nation. It came at a time when the hand of death 
had marked him as its victim; but it must have been a 
consolation to liiiii, in his dying hours, to know that his 
country held him in sucli grateful remembrance. 

All honor to liis memory! Eternal peace to the great 
soldier, the true patriot! Since he stood in the breach, 
some twenty 3'ears ago, the nation has wonderfully in- 
creased and prospered. We are more united than ever. 
There is now no doubt about the preservation of the 
Union. Fifty-five millions of people now mourn his loss 
and bless his memory. Every State and city and town in 
the republic now mourns for the illustrious dead. His 
name for all time will be handed down as the benefactor 
of his country and of his race. 

In this hour of mourning we should remember that 



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death spares no one. "We must all pass, sooner or later, 
to that "undiscovered country from whose bourn no 
traveller returns." 

"The hoast of heraltln-, the pomp of power. 

And all that beautj-, all that wealth e'er gave, 
Await alike the inevitable hour, — 
The paths of gloiy lead but to the grave." 

I would suggest that arrangements be made by the 
City Council to have a formal eulogy pronounced at 
an early day upon the life and character of General 
Grant. 

The Chair awaits the pleasure of the Board. 

Alderman Hart ofl'ered the following : — 

Resolved, That the City Council of Boston has learned 
with the profoundest sorroAV of the death of General 
Ulysses S. Geaxt, ex-President of the United States. 

Resolved, That the city of Boston, in common with our 
fellow-citizens in all sections of the country, desires to 
express its sincere sorrow over this national bereavement, 
and to offer its tribute of affection and respect to the 
memory of the gallant hero whose acts in life have done 
so much to preserve our Union. 

Resolved, That liy the death of General Grant the 
country has lost an illustrious soldier, whose fame is 
world-Avide, and whose name will ever be reverenced by 
the whole American people. As a patriot he will be re- 
membered always with love and gratitude by all future 
generations. In history the name of Grant must be 



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coupled with those of Washington and Lineuhi. Like 
them he Avas a man of great deeds, the fame of which 
Avill never die. 

Besolvnl, That Gent-ral Grant's life is eminently wor- 
thy of emulation by all intelligent and patriotic young 
men, noted, as it Avas, for a strict regard for all the 
virtues in priwite life, and for doing, in his official career, 
onlv those things AA^hich have i-edounded to the benefit 
of all his countrymen. The type of citizen Avhich was 
portrayed by these qualities is the only kind thi-ough 
Avliich this country can be preserved. 

Resolved, That the members of the City Council, indi- 
vidually and collectiA-ely, extend to the afflicted family of 
the deceased ex-President their Avarmcst and sincere 
spnpathies in this sorrowful hour. 

Alderman Hart said : — 

Mr. Mayor, — The noblest ti-ibute which we pay to the 
most illustrious men is to understand them rather than 
to praise them, and to act in our sphere of life, be it wide 
or narroAv, as the}' acted in theirs. General Grant has 
been intrusted Avith the very highest powers and honors 
in the gift of the American people. A special military 
rank was created that he might adorn it. Yet he re- 
signed it in order to fill the presidency, to AA'hich he was 
called by the suftrages of his countrymen. So marked 
and profuse Avere the favors Avhich the greatest nation on 
earth — our nation — showered upon the eminent captain 
who crushed the rebellion, that some of our best-informed 
and ti-uly patriotic felloAV-citizens charged him AA'ith 



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Cpesarism. But what followed? Suspected at houie by 
the few, who misjudged him, General Grant encircled the 
globe, and received the heartfelt homage of mighty 
rulers and great foreign nations. Then he returned to 
the unostentatious simplicities of private life, and finally, 
broken in health and fortune, tried to retrieve his shat- 
tered estate by the humble labors and toils of his pen. 

Thus has he illustrated the virtues which, in centuries 
long piist, made Rome the mistress of the world. He has 
wielded the power of a Csesar Avithout making a Caesar's 
mistake. He never sought power or place: they were 
conferred upon him by a free people. He nevei- asked for 
popular favors: they were offered to him. As very few 
men he has been honored, trusted, admired, loved. And, 
lest his cup should run over, he has been called upon to 
taste the bitterness of life to its very dregs. He has been 
betrayed by those whom he trusted; he has suffered 
shame and reproach from those whom he shielded and 
honored. He has tasted the triumphs of victory, Avhen 
the cause of our Union was trembling in the scale; twice 
has he occupied the presidency of the United States, than 
which there is no higher place on earth; and yet this 
captain of an incomparable army of freemen, this supreme 
magistrate of the great republic, has been selected, in the 
course of nature, which is the providence of Almighty 
God, to sufler in body, mind, and estate, like the hum- 
blest and the sorrow-laden of men whose name and fame 
will not be recorded by the Muse of History. 

General Grant leaves to us an example of vast power 
never perverted to the detriment of his country. On the 
field he fought for the perpetuity of the Union; In the 



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hig-hest civil office he defeiuknl ihe honor of his country; 
and everywhere he retained that sinipUcity of conduct 
■\vhicli is tlie honor of the true republican. And this 
example, chastened by grief and sorrow, thank God, is 
imperishal)le. Surely, his fame is secure, and though he 
himself Avill no longer be seen in the public or private 
society of his country, the very grief which now fills our 
hearts with most tender emotions and our eyes with the 
tril)ute of our tears indicates that in a very high sense a 
noble man cannot die. The Union, one and inseparable, is 
not so much his monument as the liandiwork and crown 
of his immortal dai-ing. He lives in the United States, in 
the hearts of its people, in all true hearts. And as long 
as republican freedom lives, so long will General Grant, 
the great commander, the defender of our honor, and the 
simplest of men, live as truly as if there were no death, 
and as if the natural course of a human life were but its 
own sunrise and sunset. 

AkIcriiKiii DoxovAX said : — 

Mr. Mayor, — In rising to second tlie resolutions that 
have been offered by Alderman Hart, I desire to do so in 
recognition of the valuable services which have been 
rendered by General Grant to the nation. The histoiy of 
our land is full of the deeds of her children who have 
added lustre to her gloiy; j'et among them all there is 
not one whose services have been fraught with such 
lasting results for the people's and the nation's good as 
those of the dead soldier for wliom Ave mourn to-day. 
When the war cloud of rebellion lowered upon us, and in 



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the darkest days of those stirring times, a strong man 
was given to us, who, by his ability and generalship, 
turned the tide of victory in favor of the Union. It is 
not claiming too much to say that to General Grant, as 
much as to any one man, we owe the perpetuity of our 
free institutions and the continuation of our government 
as an undivided Union. This was accomplished when 
the rebellion was overthrown and the war was at an end. 
Called from the camp and field — Avhich he had rendered 
illustrious in the annals of the world's history — to the 
council of the nation, he brought the same sterling quali- 
ties and indomitable will and energy. The ruler of armies 
became the ruler of a peaceful nation. His administration 
as President, as regards the individual, was above re- 
proach. The faults and errors, if there were any, were 
born of the times, and were the i-esult of the transition 
through which the people were passing. When from war 
and armies we changed to the pursuits of peace and 
happiness no man can say that the chief magistrate of a 
free people could have been worthier or more patriotic 
than he who had led the Union armies to victory. 
In other lands he who serves the state and fights her 
battles is crowned with titles, gifts of money and worldly 
honors; but in oui- country they crown the hero with the 
love of the people. Years have passed since General 
Grant contributed those great services which will ever 
render his memoi-y green and give him a place in the 
people's love with Washington and liincoln. To-day, 
after having missed a soldier's death, he lies dead, while 
a whole nation mourns. His last days, though clouded 
with worldly troubles, were brightened by the esteem and 



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love shown for him by his fellow-countrymen. I am 
forcibly reminded here of that time when rude dissension 
divided the people of the Union, and of those words of the 
great General, "Let us have peace." It found an an- 
swering echo in the hearts of millions. To-day fifty mil- 
lions of freemen give forth that sentiment, and pray that 
he to whom they owe so much may rest in peace. 

On motion of Alderman Donovan a rising vote was taken. 
The resolutions were passed unanimously. Sent down. 

Alderman Welch offered the following : — 

Ordered, That His Honor the Mayor cause the City 
Hall and Faneuil Hall to be appropriately draped, the 
flags to be displayed at half-mast upon the public build- 
ings and grounds, and to have the City Hall and other 
public buildings closed on the day and the bells tolled 
during the hour set apart for the funeral of the late Gen- 
eral Grant. 

Passed. Sent down. 

Alderman Whitten offered the following: — 

Ordered, That a joint special committee, consisting of 
His Honor the Mayor, the Chairman, and two other mem- 
bers of the Board of Aldermen, the President and three 
other members of the Common Council, be appointed to 
attend the funeral of the late ex-President Grant, the ex- 
pense attending the same, together with all other expenses 
incurred, to be charged to the contingent fund foi- joint 
committees. 



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Passed, and Alderman Hakt and Welch were appointed on 
said conniiittee. Sent down. 

Alderman Donovan ofiered the i'ollowing : — 

Ordered, That a eulogy upon the life and public ser- 
vices of Ulysses S. Grant be pronounced at an early day 
before the City Council and the citizens of Boston, and 
that a committee of three members of this Board, with 
such as the Common Council may join, be appointed to 
make suitable an-angements tlierefor. 

Passed, and Aldermen Donovan, Curtis, and Fernald were 
appointed on said committee. Sent down. 

The JMayor read the followinii: : — 

Executive Depaetment, 

July 23, 1885. 
To the. Honor ahle City Council: — 

I transmit herewith for your consideration a communi- 
cation from C. F. Hartson, Superintendent of Tremont 

Temple. 

HUGH O'BKIEIS^, 

Mayor. 

Boston, July 23, 1885. 
Hon. Hugh O'Brien: — 

Dear Sir, — As the city authorities will no doubt de- 
sire to suitably honor the memory of the late great com- 
mander of our armies, and ex-President of the United 



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States, who has justiiassed away, in behalf of the trustees 
I respectfully tender to the City Council the free use of 
Tremont Temple, at such time as they may please to des- 
ignate for such a purpose, and 

Remain, very respectfully, 

C. p. IIAKTSOX, 

Superintendent. 

Referred, on motion of Alderman Donovan, to the Committee 
on Eulogy. 

Adjourned, on motion of Alderman Hart. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. 

The Common Council was called to order at 2.20. President 
Jenkins in the chair, and a quorum present. 

The call was read and placed on tile. 

The resolutions adopted by the other Ijranch were read and 
were put on their passage. 

Mr. Osborne, of Ward 21, said: — 

Mr. President, — I rise to utter a few words in sup- 
port of the sentiments so appropriately expressed in the 
resolutions befoi'e us. This is the third time in the his- 
tory of this g-reat nation that the hearts of the Avhole 
people have been bowed down Avith soitow at the un- 
timely death of one of our most distinguished men. 

Twenty years ago last April the assassin's bullet took 
away from us our good and great President, Abraham 



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Lincoln. It was in tlie moment of liis greatest happiness, 
when the cares, anxieties, and great responsibiUties of a 
long and bloody war were almost at an end. The great 
Captain whom we monrn to-day had borne to Washington 
and laid at his feet the surrender of Lee and the army of 
"Virginia. 

Four years ago the whole people Avere stricken Avith 
grief at the death of the mni'dered Garfield. And noAV 
to-day we are met to pay our tribute of respect to him 
Avho has been foremost in the hearts of all the people, oar 
General of the Army. He was never defeated in Avar, and 
from Fort Donelson to Aj^pomattox all along the line are 
Avritten the glories of his great A'ictories. His name is 
the most illustrious borne by any man in his time. He 
has stood upon the highest pinnacle of human distinction. 
His renoAVU has filled every land under the sun, and Avith 
modesty, meekness, and simplicity he has seen, not only 
the poor and the humble, but the titled nobility of all 
Europe and Asia bow and uncover before him. 

He had that estimable quality of mind and heart that 
neA^er alloAved him to forget his friends. " Their adoj^tion 
tried he grappled to them Avith hooks of steel." If he had 
a Aveakness, it Avas that of trusting his friends too im- 
plicitly; but it is a weakness rather to be praised than 
censured. 

In his terrible suifering he shoAved that same silent 
endurance and patient fortitude and courage that were 
ever Avith him as our great commander, and having 
passed safely and successfully through " the most disas- 
trous chances of moving accidents by flood and field," 
he has been left to contend Avith that malignant monster 



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known as cancer of the thi'oat. niul the lieroism of tlic 
closing hours of his Ufe, with his mind clear and tranciuil, 
went beyond that of the battle-field. Suffering untold 
a"-ony, as the disease daily gnawed at his throat, he 
fought death as an equal. 

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Council, we remem- 
ber Avhat General Grant did when many of our present 
voters were in their cradles. We remember the nation's 
peril, its tribulations, its safety, and how he foresaw its 
growth, and its destiny. In such a moment as this we i-ecog- 
nize the dead patriot as posterity and history' will know 
him. In this recognition the Xorth and the South, the East 
and the West, Democrat and Kcpubliean, black and white, 
become as brothers. The dead hero Avrought for us all. 
Great was he in life, but greater will he be in death. And 
while time shall last, and mankind shall hear of the deeds 
of Washington, Lincoln, and Grant, they will stand out 
as the three great characters of xVmerican histor3\ We 
will ever guard with equal and sleepless vigilance their 
mighty woith, and cherish their memories forevei-. 

" They were the histre lights of their day, 
The . . . giants. 
Who clave the darkness asunder, 
And beaconed us where we are." 



Mr. RosxoSKY, of Ward 16. said: — 

Mr. President, — I desire to second the resolutions 
that have been otfered in respect to the acts and career 
of the great Union General whose death has just taken 
place; and I wish to speak from the stand-point of one 



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boi'n in a foreign land, who came to this conntiy at an 
early age, and has ever since enjoyed those privileges 
which have been secnred to the people of the United 
States lai'gely throngh the successful efforts of the dead 
hero whom we now revere. 

Coming to this country, as I did, when the civil war 
was in progress, and from a country where military 
genius was looked upon with tlie greatest admiration 
I could not fail to take the deepest interest in the stirring 
events that were then taking place, in the tei-i-ible strife 
that was raging between the contending armies of the 
I^orth and the South; and as my sympathies were all in 
the cause of the former, my attention was especially and 
immediately called to the leaders of the Union armies. 
General Grant was at that time just coming into promi- 
nence, and had begun to make himself felt in the struggle 
which he was destined to carry through to a successful 
termination. His genius as a military commander had 
already asserted itself, and I well remember his gradual 
but steady progress, from seeming obscurity in an lui- 
important place in the South-west to the pioud position 
of Commander-in-Chief of the Union Armies. 2io one 
who lived in those stirring times can ever forget how 
the hopes of the nation were centred around this one 
man, and how, when Lee's snn-ender at Appomattox 
occurred, and the reliellion received its death-blow, 
General Grant was hailed as the second deliverer of his 
country, and assigned to a position side by side, I might 
almost say, with the immortal " Father of his country," 
George Washington. 

The earthly career of the great Union General is now 



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terminated, l)ut the remembrance of liis great deeds, and 
the greater benefits he secured thereby to his country, 
will long linger in the hearts of the jieople. Criticism is 
out of place npon an occasion of this kind. History, in 
calmer mood, Avill mete out full justice to the dead hei-o; 
and, in the meantime, it is but right and projier to refer 
to those conspicuous traits in the character of General 
Grant that command our admiration, and that Ave all should 
eauilate. jNIr. President, I second the resolutions. 

Mv. Taylor, of A^':l^(l 8, 8;ii<l : — 

Ml". PKESiDE>fT, — It is, sir, a sad duty that devolves 
iipon me to add to what my friend from Ward ]6 has said 
in seconding tbe passage of the resolutions. The occa- 
sion is a cause of regret for our country, our State, and 
our city. In politics there are principles which divide us, 
but at such a time as this, sorrow cloaks all Init our 
mourning in forgetfulness. In tlie country's history 
tbere have been many men of the hour Avho have received 
the homage of the American people. To a AVashington, 
a Jefferson, a Jackson, a Lincoln, and a Grant lias this 
homage of a great people been bestowed. At such a 
time as this we forget whatever of doulit we may have 
had of the wisdom of personal acts, and alone remember 
the patriot and leader of a host in which many who were 
dear to us fought for the glory of the old flag. We alone 
see the American, the soldier, and the loyal citizen, and in 
our admiration forget our jjrejudices. In his many trials 
and snfierings for the past jcnr tlie reunited country 
looked pityingly towards his bedside, and from the en- 



28 MEMORIAL OF UIA'SSES S. GKAXT. 

campments and reunions of the l:)oys Avho -vvoi-e the gray 
have been sent greetings of i^eace, love, and good-will to 
the great commander of the blue, and to-day they mourn 
the common loss of the Avhole nation. In bidding fare- 
well to General Grant, we do so not as to a successful 
politician, not as to a military chief, but rather as to a 
fellow-countryman and loyal citizen. 

Mr. CoLLisox, of AA'nnl T), said : — 

Mr. President, — For that great General to whom so 
often and so justly the hearts of the men of America 
have ofiered the laurel wreath, for him to-day we twine 
the cypress. Day after day has the struggle, so sure to 
end in death, gone on. Hope has given way to anxiety, 
anxiety to fear, and fear to final despair. Xow the end 
has come, and the country weeps at the loss of her son 
who braved danger in all its forms for freedom's sake. 
His life was above all that of a true American. There is, 
perhaps, no other land in the world Avhei'e such a career 
could have been possible. Born in humble state, owing 
nothing to i-ank, he flies at the nation's call to her rescue; 
stoutly, too, did he stand for her, — a tower of strength in 
the darkest hours; and then, when at last peace, follow- 
ing her victorious eagles, comes again, he is hailed as his 
country's saviour. Having served bravely and well upon 
the field of battle, he yields to the mighty cry of his coun- 
trymen, and is elevated to the chair of Washington to lead 
in happier and more peaceful Avays the people whom he 
loved so Avell, presei'ving always tlic simplicity and purity 
of his chai-aeter, and then goes back to retirement, I'e-. 



ACTIUN Ul' TllK CITY GOVERNMENT. 29 

taining still the love of all. Wherever floats the starry 
flag of freedom, the flag that insiiired our dead hero in 
the victorious and glorious services he gave his country 
that liberty and unity might continue to exist in the 
Western World, the name and the fame of Ulysses S. 
Grant, soldier, President, patriot, are known everywhere, 
even to the humblest and lowliest of God's creatures. I 
need not tell you of the life of this man. It is an open 
book, which every man has read, and, reading, wondered 
and admired. !N^ow the last page, the last words, have 
been written; never will that book be closed, but still open 
will it remain as the years and the ages roll on forever 
ceaselessly, an inspiring incentive to love of country. 

Mr. "WHiTCorvrii, of '\^';u■d 18, ,s;ii(l : — 

Mr. President, — I desire to add but a word to the 
tributes already paid to the departed by the eloquent 
remarks of my fellow-members in the Council. As I 
listened to their inspiring and fitting words I have 
been reminded how inadequate to exj^ress the wide- 
spread grief of our nation and city are all human utter- 
ances. General Grant, our grandest soldier since the 
days of Washington, a sufferer for months with a malig- 
nant disease, and without complaining, has at last l>een 
released from his earthly bondage, ami his patient and 
patriotic soul borne to its haven of final rest. But 
although he, by his physical presence, will never again 
inspire the victoi'ious army on martial fields, nor success- 
fully undertake the important responsibilities of ofiicial 
civil life, Avhich as President of the United States he so 



30 MEMOKIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

modestly assumed, yet his-noble cai-eer, as remarkable as 
it was honorable, slwll, in its perpetuation in the history 
of oui- country, live forever an enduring monument to his 
patriotic zeal in behalf of the cause of human liberty and 
to his undying and exemplary devotion to the welfare of 
his native land. May the grateful memory of a sorrow- 
stricken people keep forever fresh in the minds of our 
youth the name of one of ' America's most honored 
Presidents, and greatest benefoctors, Ulysses S. Grant. 
I join most heartily, Mr. President, in seconding the 
resolutions. 

Mr. Jknks, of Ward O, said : — 

Mr. President, — To-day the tolling bells of mourning 
announced to the citizens of the repubhc that a most illus- 
trious and honored man had passed away. For weeks a 
grateful and sympathetic people had directed anxious 
attention to the bedside of the patriot sufferer. "We 
gladly embrace the occasion to ofter our tribute of respect 
and devotion to the memory of one whom, through years 
of trial and advei-sity, when the life of the nation was 
endangered, was regarded as onr leader, and in whom we 
placed our foith, confidence, and dependence. Later, 
when the impending dangers of civil discord had rolled 
away, we recall the unanimity and enthusiasm with which 
a gi-ateful people called him to the enjoyment of the 
highest honor in the gift of the i-epublic. 

His term of office expired, modest and unassuming, he 
retired to private life with the blessings of all his fellow- 
citizens upon him. That one, whose life had been spent 



ACTION OF THE CITV GOVERNMENT. 31 

in the midst of dang-er and great aftairs, should be taken 
from us by insidious disease, Avhich ])reyed upon his life 
and rendered his last moments those of great suflerin"- 
and pain, we can but deeply deplore, recognizing through 
it all the heroic fortitude with wliicli lie bore the afHietion. 



Sir. "White, of Ward 17, said: — 

Mr. President, — It seems to me that T can add 
nothing moi-e to what has been covered by the I'esolutions. 
He who was our gi-eatest citizen, a man more eminent 
and honored here and abroad than any citizen or ruler of 
any nation, has been stricken with death. He was an 
undaunted soldier, a magnanimous conqueror, the Presi- 
dent and ruler who loved his whole people and his whole 
country. He stood befoi-e the world the first American 
citizen, not because he was the leader of our armies or the 
President, but because he represented American citizen- 
ship in all its breadth ; and his memory will be loved and 
cherished by the people of the North, South, East, and 
West, as long as the stars and stripes are the emblems 
of our nation. T join, Mr. President, in seconding the 
resolutions. 



Mr. Emmons, of "Ward 1. said: — 

Mr. President, — I, too, endorse the resolutions now 
before the Council. It is fitting that the city of Boston 
should meet by its representatives on this day and testify 
to the respect which we have for the distinguished dead, 



32 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

and to mingle our sorrow with that of the rest of the 
citizens of this republic, and with the ftimily of the de- 
ceased. On this day the eyes of the civilized world are 
turned to Mt. McGregor. There lies a man, stricken 
Avith death only this moi-ning, who made a name which 
shall be immortal. That man, born in obscurity a little 
moi-e than sixty-three years ago, spending forty yeai's of 
his life in obscurity, bounded in four years to the foremost 
place in this nation. That man must have been a man of 
o-enius. That man must have been raised up of God to 
meet the emergency which came upon this nation. And 
well did he meet that emergency. Starting in the "West 
Avhen the disasters to our arms in the East had cast down 
the nation, and rendered us fearful that a great calamity 
mif>-ht come upon us which would ruin the nation, — 
starting in the West, at Fort Donelson, he threw the first 
ray of cheer upon our darkened horizon; and from that 
day to Appomattox, as has been well said, he brought us 
nothing but good tidings. In every emergency, wherever 
he has been placed, he has acquitted himself as a faithful 
servant, and as the master of the situation. When at 
Yicksburg, the attack upon the N^orth had failed, when 
the design of cutting ofl' the city by a canal hud failed, 
j)assing his army down the Avest side of the river, compel- 
liu"- the o-unboats to mui the batteries that crowned the 
lieight and lined the Avater-side, throwing his army across 
to the south side of the city, and swinging out from his 
base of supplies, he fought tAvo armies at once, separated 
them, drove one army into Yicksburg and there 
imprisoned it, and then defeated the other, — the man 
that did that must have been a man of genius, especially 



ACTION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. 33 

when wc Icnow that he did it in the face of the adverse 
counsels of most of his subordinate officers. 

When one army was shut ujj in Chattanooga, when 
another army was beleaguered at Knoxvillc, General 
Grant Avas summoned to the relief of those armies, and 
well did he acquit himself there. Summoning his forces 
from dilierent quarters, until he was able to assume the 
aggressive, he fought the battles above the clouds, 
stormed Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, and 
drove the enemy back. The man who did that was cer- 
tainly a military genius of the highest order. Summoned 
afterwards to take coimnand of the Army of the Potomac, 
I well remember when he came there, for I was one 
of the humble soldiers of the army. I remember with 
what cheer he came to us, and how we believed he 
would finally lead us to victory; and he did. And 
soon the Wilderness and Appomattox crowned the 
victorious army with success, and crowned him with 
laurels also. At Appomattox not only was he crowned 
with military laurels, but he was crowned with other 
laurels too. The foe having laid down his arms, the 
spectacle was presented of the victor feeding the van- 
quished, and saying unto them, " Go, and be disturbed no 
more, so long as you observe your parole and the laws of 
the land." From that time to this they have not been 
disturbed, and it was owing to the clemency of General 
Grant, I have no doubt, that much mischief was averted 
from this nation. I think that in the battles of the "Wil- 
derness the genius of General Grant shone out most 
illustriously. It may be easy to read of those battles, to 
see that so many thousand men battled with each other, 



34 ME.MDKIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

that so many were killed and wounded; but to woi-k out 
the details of those battles required a master mind. Op- 
erating troops in the midst of woods is no easy task ; but 
General Grant distinguished himself there, and showed 
the military genius which he had exhibited through the 
war. Forming his lines with the roads in his rear he 
was ready to meet the attack of General Lee whenever 
he chose to bring on his eohunns to the assault. Break- 
ing a portion of his army from the right of his line, he 
marched it by the road in his rear and placed it upon his 
left, keeping the remainder always in line ready for 
attack. In that masterly way he Avorked his way to 
Petersburg, and fought his way from there to Eichmond. 
Elevated by his fellow-citizens, after the glorious close 
of the war, to be the President of these United States, 
he acquitted himself as well as it was possible un- 
der the circumstances. It was as a military man that 
General Grant's genius is most acknowledged. As a 
business man he was evidently not a success. In all 
other walks he did not exhibit the genius which he did 
in military affairs, and it is evident to my mind, from tlie 
circumstances v/hich took place, that he was the instru- 
ment raised up of God to meet the emergency. "When 
the war commenced no man on this continent had seen a 
hundred thousand men under arms. The wars of the 
Revolution were fought with a handful of men; battles 
were won in Mexico with a few thousand soldiers; and 
to place a man at the head of hundreds of thousands of 
men, as was done at the outset of the late war, would 
certainly have ended in disaster, unless he was raised up 
and had the training for it. General Grant commanded 



ACTION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. 35 

a company, and llicn a regiment, and passed tln-oiigli 
various degrees of promotion, each step preparing him for 
the nest, and each experience preparing him for the entire 
charge of the army. And well did he do it. And he has 
shown the same fortitude in his sickness that he did in 
l)attle. He has sternly faced the foe, and he has fought 
the good fight to its end. His career is now over, and 
we can say, ]^forth, South, East, and West, with no bit- 
terness, with no animosity, that the name of General 
Grant will live as long as history records an illustrious 
name upon its pages. 

The resolutions were passed in eoncurreiiee hy ;i unaninious 
rising vote. 

Messrs. Osborne, of AVard 21; Dennc}*, of AVard 12; and 
White, of "Ward 17 were joined to tlie committee. 

The order for the display of flags, tolling of bells, etc., on 
the da}' of General Grant's funeral was passed in concurrence. 

The order for a eulogy was passed in concurrence, and 
Messrs. Coe,' of Ward 23 ; Ennnous, of AVard 1 ; Taylor, of 
Ward 8; Hersey, of Ward 21 : and W. II. Alurpliy. of AVanl 
3, were joined to the committee. 

Adjourned on motion of Air. Rosnosky. 



' Mr. Whitcomb, of Ward 18, was subsequently appointed on the committee, in 
place of Mr. Coe, who resigned. 



MEETING IN EANEUIL HALL. 



MEETING INFANEUIL HALL. 



In accordance with the expressed desire of many citizens 
a public meeting was called in Faucui] Hall for JMonday, the 
twenty-seventh of July, at twelve o'clock noon. At the appointed 
time the hall was well filled with a representative gathering of 
people anxious to listen to words of eulogy of the nation's fore- 
most citizen. 

Among those on the platfoi-m were His Excellency Governor 
George D. Eobinson, His Honor Mayor Hugh O'Brien, Judge 
Charles Devens, ex-Mayor F. O. Prince, Hon. Henry 13. Pcirce, 
Secretary of State ; Hon. F. W. Lincoln, Solomon B. Stebbins, 
Edward S. Tobey, Thomas J. Gargan, Dr. H. I. Bowditch, 
Matthew Bolles, Bishop Mallalieu. The meeting was opened 
with remarks by the IMayor, who spoke as follows : — 

OPENING EEJIARKS OF HIS HONOR IVIAYOR O'BRIEN. 

Surrounded by these draperies of mourning, the occasion 
that calls us together is solemn and impressive. The 
great soldier, on whose strong arm we relied in our hour 
of need, lias at last been conquered. Death claims the 
victory, and ^ye bow down to the Supreme "Will. 

But a few lioui-s after the telegrani announced the 
death of General Grant the City Council met and paid a 
tribute to his memory. It is also very apjjropriate to 



40 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

open the doors of Faneuil Hall and invite our citizens 
generally to unite in honoring the illustrious dead. In 
this historic hall, sacred to the memory of "Warren, of 
Paul Revere, of Sam. Adams, of John Hancock, and other 
revolutionary spirits who laid the foundation of this great 
nation, it is but right that we should do all we can to 
honor the name and memory of the great soldier, who, 
in his day and generation, did more than any other man 
to preserve it. 

I will now request His Excellency the Governor of the 
State to preside on this occasion, and I take pleasure in 
introducing him. 

Thus introduced, the Governor came forward amid applause. 
He said : — 

I take the liberty to call upon Bishop W. F. Mallalieu, 
of itiew Orleans, who Avill invoke the Divine blessing. 

Bishop Mallalieu oflered the following prayer: — 

"Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all genera- 
tions. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from 
everlasting to everlasting Thou art God." But we are 
like the " grass which groweth up ; in the evening it is cut 
down and withereth ; " and yet in deepest sorrow we turn 
to Thee, the source of all comfoi-t; in darkest hours 
we look to Thee for light; when all earthly helps and 
hopes fail Ave trust still in Thee, since each child of Thine 
may say, " Yea, though I walk through the Yalley of the 



MEETIXC; IX FAXEIIL HALL. 41 

Shadow of Death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with 
me. Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me." O God! 
we Avalk even now amid the shadows of death, and we 
call upon Thee to he near us and let us feel Tliy presence 
and Thy love. Thou hast visited us and taken from us 
the idol of our hearts. A prince and a mighty man has 
fallen. The faithful husband, the loving father, the stead- 
fast friend, the truest patriot, the grandest leader of men, 
the ever victorious general, the most magnanimous con- 
queror, the incomparable statesman, the most patient of 
sufferers, the lunnl)le Christian, our own beloved God- 
given Grant rests from his trials while the nation 
mourns his loss. - God pity us and have compassion 
upon us! 

We thank Thee, our heavenly Fathei-, that in the day 
of trouble Thou didst raise up this man; that Thou didst 
keep him amid all perils and didst enable him to preserve 
the life of the nation, and secure for all its people the 
blessings of civil and religious liberty. "We thank Thee 
for the bright example he has left to us and to future gen- 
erations, of courage, perseverance, heroism, unselfish 
philanthropy and patriotism. We thank Thee that at 
last he was permitted to pass away in peace and quietness, 
blessed Avith the loving ministries of Avife and children 
and friends, and comforted by the warmest sympathies 
and prayers of all the people of this laud. And now, O 
God! we most hmnbly pray Thee to bestow Thy blessing 
upon us who are assembled in this place hallowed by im- 
mortal memories. May this hour be one of lasting profit 
to all our souls. As we think of hini whose virtues we 
commemorate may grace be given ils to emulate nil that 



4:2 MEMOKIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

was excellent in his charaetei* that we may share with him 
the Divine approval. 

But we pray Thee, as all our people, North and 
South and East and "West, shall l)ow in solemn, tearful 
silence around the dead, may all wrath and bitterness be 
banished from all hearts, and may friendship, unity, and 
righteousness everywhere prevail and abound. 

We tenderly commend to Thee the deeply afflicted 
family. God of all mercy and grace, bless the widow, be 
near her to comfort and console, to soothe and strengthen, 
to watch over her in all the future, and let Thine own 
mfinite love be her abiding portion. Bless the children, 
and in all the years to come may they share in the richest 
gifts of Thine own bountiful hand. 

O God! sanctify to the good of our own nation and 
rulers, and to the good of all the nations and rulers of the 
earth, the life and death, the example and influence of the 
departed. Give us such divine help that we may live in 
Thy fear, and faithfully perform our Avork, and then bring 
us to the rest and home of Thine own children, lor the 
sake of Jesus Christ, Thine only Son, our Saviour; to 
whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be all praise 
and glory, woi'ld without end. Amen. 

ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR GEORGE 
D. ROBINSON. 

The sadness of the event which touches all hearts 
brings this assemblage together to-day. Everywhere 
throughout the land, whether in the crowded city or in 
the remote cottage, there is a deep feeling of sympathy 



MEETING IN FANEIIL HALL. 43 

and personal bereavement because one who was dear and 
great and true has gone out from the poo[)K; forever. 
My lips are not to speak liis eulogy here, nor is it the 
duty of tliis moment to attempt to make a just and fair 
and comprehensive estimate of his work and life. We 
pause ere the grave opens to receive his remains, and 
Avith bowed heads recognize the hand of the great 
Providence over us; proudly chei'ishing the memory of 
him whom we loved and honored and trusted, we pause 
for a moment amid our tears and our sighs to express 
appreciation of his life. The great hero, over whose 
bed of pain and sutfering for man}' months, millions 
have bent day after day in tearful sympathy and 
prayerful hope, that great hero was none the less one 
because he was of the common lot of humanity. He 
Avas a man bom under no circumstances of fortune 
but found in the call of the country to duty, a sum- 
mons to a development to which his great powers and 
unflinching fortitude and unmoved calmness never 
proved unequal. 

The stoiy of his rapid advancement from the unevent- 
ful life of a private citizen, by successive victorious steps 
in campaign after cami)aign, until in response to the 
universal demands of the peo])le he became the great 
chieftain of the greatest armies that were ever marshalled, 
in the most remarkable conflict of the world, — that story 
is wondei'ful beyond woi'ds to describe. One need not 
recount it here; the facts are within the memory and 
knowledge of the great body of our people. Again, too, 
we linger not to speak of his career as the great civil 
magistrate of this republic; we point not to the leading 



44 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

acts of his adininistration; we leave to history tliat shall 
be written in the coming years the full estimate of his 
great life in the field and in the presidential chaii-. But 
there is one thought that to me demands emphasis at this 
time, and out of it conies the impression that is so firm in 
the hearts of the people. True, his opportunities and 
success as a military leader placed him before the people; 
again is it true that his exalted station as President of the 
United States moved him farther forward into the first 
rank among men; but I dare say that the people have felt 
closer to Ulysses S. Grant, and had a deeper symj^athy 
with him, and a surer trust in him, not because of his 
military leadership alone, nor of his services as Chief 
Magistrate of the Republic, but because he was first and 
last a true American citizen. 

Stepping from citizenship through the high I'anks and 
places of power, he was yet man enough Avhen the respon- 
sibilities could be laid down, to put aside his great influ- 
ence and control, and to be one among his fellow-men. 
iNo flattery ever nnmanned him; no honoi's, however 
abundantly they Avei-e bestowed, at home oi' abroad 
ever corrupted him; no attentions ever swerved him 
from the constant, prevailing recognition that he Avas 
an American. Indeed, he illustrated through all his life 
the sure and perfect type of the strong, intelligent, loyal, 
fearless man, unspoiled by honors. 

More demands our admiration at this time. i*^o one 
fails to see his great power as a man among men 
manifested to a higher degree in his particijiation 
in home life. He, the loving and true husljand, the 
fond father, found in the domestic circle the greatest 



MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL. 45 

delights of his lile. And as tlie w('el<s liave goi.i' iii diu* 
sadness and tears, Avhat joy has come up as wt' have 
witnessed tlie fidehty of tliat family at tiie bedside of 
our dying- hero! Tlie lesson to the jjeople of the United 
States from sneh events can never he overestimated. 
The great Lincoln, the martyred Garfield, the heroic 
Grant, exalted though they were, honored above all their 
fellows, yet they, in theii- great strength of human 
nature, enjoyed tlie purity and wealth of that home 
life that makes our institutions safer and surer. Plow 
happy, indeed, is it that through all the conilicts and 
dangers of the battle-field, through the i^ossibilities of 
remote travel in foreign lands, his life was spared that 
he might come home and dwell a citizen among his 
fellows, and enjoy to the full the fruits of his great 
labors! His friends, his sympathizers, wei-e not alone 
of those who fought under his command, but fi-om the 
ranks of those avIio were then his enemies uoav ctmie the 
cheerful words of sympathy and tenderness, and all 
through the laud the people feel their own hero has 
yielded to death. 

In very truth he has fought his fight; he has finished 
his course; he has kept the faith. The spot where his 
body shall be placed will be indeed and forever holy 
ground: in summer's heat, in winter's blast, by sun- 
shine or storm, millions will journey tliere, through 
all the coming generations, to renew their devotion and 
fealty to the cause of human brothei-hood and freedom. 
;Xo structure, however costly or imposing, shall ever ])e 
his fitting memorial: that is found in the mighty and 
abundant recognition of his fellow-men ; that is better 



46 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

built and stands firmer in tlie great xlmerican Union, that 
was saved and perpetuated by bis might and his valor ; 
that shall rest its base upon every inch of the territory 
of this great republic, and in the coming time, in rec- 
ognition of him and his services, it shall be perpetuated 
by a happy and prosperous and free people. 

The Governor next introduced ex-Mayor F. O. Prince, who 
offered the following resolutions : — 

Resolved, That we, the citizens of Boston, by our rep- 
resentatives in Faneuil Hall assembled, having deeply 
sympathized with ex-President Ulysses S. Grant in his 
long and severe physical suffering, borne with manly and 
characteristic fortitude, now shai-e the general sorrow of 
the nation in his decease. 

Besolved, That although his great work was done, and 
all the high ti'usts reposed in him fully and faithfully 
executed, so as to entitle him to rest from his labors in the 
enjoyment of his well-earned fame, we unite with our 
countrymen in all sections of the republic in regarding 
the loss of this eminent citizen as a common calamity 
which fills the nation with mourning. 

Resolved, That the great luilitary services of this illus- 
trious soldier in the recent war for the i)reservation of the 
Union, which so largely contributed to its successful 
result, entitle him to the gratitude of the country 
through all time. That his great martial virtues, his 
patriotism, his loyalty, his fortitude, his patience, and his 
valor, so constantly displayed in the memorable contest, 
reflect honor on the American character, are just causes 



MKirriNG IN FANEUIL HALL. 47 

for national pride, and will make our annals forever cele- 
brated. That the magnanimity of the victor uj)on the 
submission of his enemy; his constant subordination of 
military to civic authority when the objects of the wai- 
had been accomplished; his unselfish ambition; his respect 
for the law of the country; his watchful regard for the 
public interests; his republican simplicity of character 
and life; his modest bearing in the highest office of the 
government, and, when receiving in both hemispheres the 
homage accorded to distinguished merit and illustrious 
public service, not only make his memory dear to the 
hearts of the peojole, but give him a place with Washing- 
ton and Lincoln in the national pantheon. That, as the 
centuries advance, history will keep his glorious record 
before each succeeding generation, and rehearse his jjatri- 
otic career for the emulation of our youth, who are the 
hope of the country, and upon whom it must rely foi- 
defence in the hour of danger. 

Resolved, That we condole with the bereaved fomily of 
our dead hero, and indulge the hope that when the pain 
from the loss of one no less distinguished for domestic 
than for public virtues shall be soothed by time, they 
will find consolation and comfort in the recollection of 
the great benefits he has conferred upon the country, 
and in the consciousness of the grateful affection which 
hallows his memory in the ])opular heart. 



SPEECH OF EX-MAYOR FEEDERICK O. PRINCE. 

Mr. CiiAiKMAN, — In presenting these resolutions, and 
asking their adoption by this meeting, permit me to say 



48 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

that I feel deeply the solemnity of this occasion. After 
months of intense physical suffering, the great soldier, 
who had seen so many of his heroic companions in arms 
give their lives on the battle-field in defence of the na- 
tional flag, has at last himself surrendered to that foe who, 
sooner or later, ever conquers. , ll^ever before in the his- 
tory of the country — I might say of any country — have 
the illness and death of any man, however distinguished, 
elicited such general and afl:ectionate sympathy as has 
been everywhere expressed for this illustrious citizen. 
We should be thankful that he was permitted to live long 
enough to know something of this. In a letter written 
shortly before his death he says : " It has been an inesti- 
mable blessing to me to hear tlie kind expressions toward 
me in person from people of all nationalities, of all relig- 
ions and of no religion, of Confederate and national 
troops alike, of soldier organizations, of mechanical, 
scientific, religious, and other societies, embracing almost 
every citizen in the land. They have brought joy to my 
heart, if they have not effected a cure." We all know 
how genuine all this kindly feeling is. 

When we remember the perils which threatened the 
very existence of the country during the civil war, the 
vast armies which were arrayed against it, the great 
extent of territory over which the war was Avaged, the 
difficulties which impeded the government, and all the 
magnitude of the contest, we can appreciate the services 
of him who may be said to have organized victory, and to 
have been the most important factor in bringing the war 
to a successful conclusion. When such a benefactor dies, 
gratitude and grief naturally call together those who have 



MEETING IX FAXEUIL HALL. 49 

been benefited for condolence. The desire foi' tliat relief 
which comes from the interchange of sympathy in afflic- 
tion is almost irresistible. Therefore it is that the citi- 
zens of Boston, ahvays loyal to the Constitution, which 
makes ns one jieople, and to the Union, which is the pal- 
ladium of our free institutions, have hei-e assembled to 
express their sense of the great loss which the nation has 
sustained and their condolence with their countrymen in 
every section of the land under this great bereavement. 
It is difficult to believe that he of the brave spirit and in- 
domitable will, the intrepid victor of so many battles, has 
passed away, that the place which once knew him will 
know him no more forever. But he is not dead. He is 



"Of the few, the immortal few, 
Who were not bora to die." 



He lives in the hearts of his countrymen, and there he 
will continue to live as long as the love of country and of 
the Union shall animate our people. The conqueror 
rarely gets the good will of the conquei-cd. Yet General 
Grant not only subdued the hosts, but the hearts, of his 
foes, for the South has shown as much sympathy for the 
suflering and dying hero as the JSTorth. But it could not 
be otherwise with his brave ojiponents. They knew his 
nature. They knew all the quahties of his great heart. 
They knew that he drew his sword at the command of 
duty and patriotism to preserve the Union, and not for 
their oppression; and, when this object was obtained, that 
there were no vindictive memories and no vindictive 
action; that the great General was the friend of all, South 



50 MEMORIAL OF UI.YSSES S. GRANT. 

as well as Xortli, who obeyed the laws and respected the 
flag. 

We are too near the scenes of the mighty contest to 
appreciate fnlly its causes and all the motives of the 
actors therein. Perhaps it is best that we should not 
have too much of the e\'il knowledge, for the history of 
civil strife is ever painful, and much of it should be al- 
lowed to perish. But while we consign to oblivion many 
of the dreadful memories of that fraternal war, a grateful 
country will permit no forgetfulness of Grant. It will 
ever cherish his fame as one of its most valued posses- 
sions, so that it will not fade, but gi'ow with time. 
Already, by common consent, he has been accoi'ded a 
place with the immortal ones, who in their day and gen- 
eration have benefited their couutrv and man. 



The Hon. Charles Devexs was next introduced and warmly 
applauded. He spoke as follows : — 

ADDRESS OF GENERAL DEVEXS. 

Your Excellexcy, Fellow-Citizens, — A nation 
has watched by the dying couch of its greatest citizen ; 
the leader of its armies in battle, the head of its civil 
government in peace. Anxiety, hope, and fear have con- 
tended, until at last it became certain that human efforts 
were in vain and that he who had been its tower of 
strength in the hour of a people's agony was to pass from 
among living men. Well may a nation swell the funeral 
cry for him whose sti-ong hand and daring heart secured 
and protected its life. 



MEETING I\ FANEUIL HALL. 51 

As he has waited in tlie august majesty of impending- 
death there have seemed to gather around liim tlie tender 
memories of all avIio offered tlieir lives for country in our 
i>-i-eat civil strife. The crowds that collected about his 
house in the great city, Avhen some two or three months 
ago his death seemed immediate, were not mere curiosity- 
seekers, — there were fathers and brothers; there were 
mothers that had given their sons; there were girls, 
elderly women now, who had given up their lovers. 
To me these groups seemed infinite!}' affecting, for they 
were those Avho in that struggle had parted forever from 
their best and bravest. To the great chieftain who had 
led them thi'ough so many a iiot and bloody day they 
brought the unite offering of tlieir reverence and love, 
for it was to him they owed that those noble lives had 
not been sacrificed in vain. As he was the chieftain so 
he was the representative of the Federal army; that army 
which, springing from the people itself, vindicated the in- 
tegrity of the American Union, swept fi-om its States the 
curse of slavery and lifted a nation to a higlier and nobler 
life. Long since that great ami}' has passed away, yet it 
shall not be forgotten that in its day and generation and 
in its time and place it did for this country deeds worthy 
of immortal honor. It is twenty-foiu- years since the 
g-reat battle summei' of 18G1. To each of us they have 
brought joy and sorrow in their mingled web, but Ave turn 
back to that time fi-eshly still as the tolling bell and the 
muffed drum announce that Grant has sunk to his Hnal 
repose. 

" No'er to the chambers whoro the mightT|- rest 
Since their foundation came a nobler jruest." 



52 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

To-day is not one for criticism even if it l)e candid, and 
not nnlvindly. Our sense of loss is too acute, our emo- 
tions are too keen. Xor perhaps at any time could those 
of ns who have followed him, who have known what it 
Avas to lean upon that determined will, who have seen him 
with the lig-ht of battle on his cheek, assnme ever to speak 
of him Avith the cold neutrality of impartial history. If 
to that great tribunal all mnst come we are not competent 
to sit thereon as judges. Some future histoi-ian, some 
Parkman, some Bancroft, shall compare him with the 
great captains of antiquity or of modern history, shall 
weigh in nice scales his successes or his failures, the 
means at his command, the pui-poscs he had in view, the 
resnlts he finally accomplished, and shall then assign him 
his appropriate place. Higli although it must be, for this 
I shall care little, for his name is written indelibly upon a 
nobler list. His place is not with the Caesars and the 
Hannibals, the Fredericks or Kapoleons, and the conquer- 
ors of earth who have waded to fame or empire thi-ough 
blood and cai'uage, but with those who in the hour of 
danger and distress have borne upon their shoulders the 
weight of mighty States, who have prefei-red patriotism, 
duty, and honor to any selfish aggrandizement, wlio have 
drawn the sword reluctantly, who have sheathed it will- 
ingly when the time for reconciliation had come, and at 
the head of Avhom stands peerless and innnortal our own 
"Washington. His fiime, like that of Washington, shall 
form forever one of the brightest jewels in the radiant 
crown of the Republic. It shall broaden and Avideu as 
her domains shall spread, as her vast and fertile wastes 
shall be peopled, and as great cities shall rise whei-e to- 



MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL. 53 

day only the hum of the wild bee breaks the stilhiess of 
the fragrant air. Yet to no generation of men ean he be 
all that he has been to us. Already to many almost ap- 
proaehing middle life his achievements are but historical. 
But in lis, who were of his time, there is a personal love 
and veneration tow^nrd him which cannot be communi- 
cated to others. All around him throughout the broad 
land there stretches the Avide circle of those who perhaps 
never looked upon his bodily jMX'sence, that feel his loss 
as a personal grief. He has so inwrought himself with 
their just and patriotic feeling in the years that are past, 
that to them the earth itself seems less fair, this gor- 
geous, glowing summer less bright, now that he is gone. 
"Willingly would I speak some words that shall tell the 
love we have borne him, the honor in which we hold his 
great deeds, the gratitude w^e have for all he has so 
sjilendidly done, but I realize how poor my utterance is. 

The mean and soidid pecuniary cares that vexed his 
closing years of life but showed how ti'uly resolute and 
upright he was. In selecting men in military life in 
whom to repose confidence, his view was singularly 
correct and just; it might be said to be perfect. He was 
a soldier to the inmost core ; he knew everything that he 
needed then and made no mistakes. His education and 
studies had not fitted him with the same judgment in civil 
life. It was an error of a trustful, generous nature that 
led him to stand by those in whom he had once reposed 
confidence, even after there Avas legitimate reason for dis- 
trust. He gave generously and withdrew reluctantl}^, 
and thus as a civilian he was more than once grievously 
abused in official life. That he should show the same 



54 MEMOKIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

disposition in dealing with his private and personal affairs 
might have been anticipated. But it was an error which 
most grievously he was compelled to answer. 

Betrayed by cnnning, intriguing knaves, when finnni-ial 
ruin came he met it with the old calm resolution. He was 
ready at once to strip himself of all he possessed, even of 
the very gifts which Avere the just memorials of his 
fame, that he might satisfy.those Avho had trusted in him. 
Financial and commercial honor were as dear to him as 
any other honor. Calmly and resolutely he devoted him- 
self to those unaccustomed labors by which he hoped 
to provide for those he w^as to leave behind him, and 
although racking pains always assailed him, although the 
weary brain and the once strong hand from time to time 
refused their office, he had the satisfaction of knowing 
that what he had undertaken he had accomplished. Rec- 
ognition of his great services, even if somewhat tardily, 
came in his restoi-ation to that position in the army Avhich 
he had resigned in obedience to the call of the country, 
and it was a profound gi-atifieation to him to feel, ere he 
passed away, that the pecuniary future of his family 
would be ]irovided for. Let them believe tliat the tender- 
est love of a grateful people will encompass them always. 

It is twenty years since the only name worthy to be 
mentioned with that of General Grant has passed into 
history. It seems like a caprice of fortune that while the 
great soldier of the war of the rebellion went almost 
unscathed through an hundred fights, its gi'eat statesman 
should die by the assassin's hand. As to the great 
Hebrew chieftain who had led Israel through the Red Sea 
and the desert, it was ordained that he should but look on 



MEETIN(i IX FANEUIL HALL. 0() 

the i)i-oini.seil land, so to Abniliaiu l/nifoln it Avas i;iven 
but to know that the Union was restored, that liis life's 
woi'k was done, and to die in the hour of final triumph. 
Between these great men from the day they met, and 
they had never seen each other's faces until after nearly 
three years of wai-, until the day Mr. 'Lmeoln died, there 
had been the most generous confidence, the most trustful 
regard, the most firm faith that each had done in the past 
and would do in the future the utmost possible to sustain 
the other. 

IIow like a wondrous romance it reads, that in that 
time of less than three years, from a simple captain, whose 
offer of his services to the War Department was thought 
of so little consequence that the letter, although since 
carefully searched for, cannot be found. Grant had 
risen from rank to rank, mitil he became the Lieutenant- 
General who was to unite all the military springs of 
action in a single hand, to govern them by a single 
will ; to see, to use his own expression, that the armies 
of the Union pulled no longer " like a balky team," but 
were moved and animated by a single purpose! Yet his 
Avay had not been one of uninterrupted success, and there 
had been no success that had not been won by his own 
wisdom and courage. He had seized and controlled the 
Ohio and held Kentucky in the Union ; he had opened the 
Tennessee and the CumlK'rland by the victories of Forts 
Henry and Donelson; but the nuich misunderstood battle 
of Shiloh had reduced him, imcomplainingly always, to a 
subordinate command under General Halleck, whose own 
failure at Corinth finally gave to him the command 
of all forces operating to open the Mississippi. Again 



5G MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRAXT. 

and again dnring the often repeated repulses from Yicks- 
burg, there had been attempts to remove him, mainly at 
the instanee of those who did ]iot comprehend the vast- 
ness of the prol)lem Avith -which he had to deal. Mr. 
Lincoln had stood by him, saying in his peculiar way, '^ I 
rather like that man. I guess I will try him a little 
longer," until at last Ticksburg was taken bj^ a movement 
marked with the audacity of a master in the art of Avar, 
Avho dares to violate established rules and make excep- 
tions, Avhen great emergencies demand that great risks 
shall be run. The -ith of July, ISGo, was the proudest 
day the armies of the Union up to that time had ever 
known, fur the thunders of the cannon that announced in 
the East the great victoiy of Gettysburg were answered 
from the West by those that told that the Mississippi in 
all its niiii'htv length ran unvexed to the sea. 

Ilis victory at Chattanooga followed the placing of the 
armies of the "West under his sole control, and the time 
had come when he was to dii-ect the armies of the whole 
Union. His place Avas thereafter Avitli the Army of the 
Potomac as the n^ost decisive point of struggle, although 
its immediate connnand remained Avith General Meade. It 
Avas only thus and through its A'icinity to the capital that 
he could direct cAcry military operation. As he entered 
upon the great campaign of 1864, Mr. Lincoln said: " If 
there is anything Avanting Avhich is Avithin my poAver to 
ffive, do not fail to let me know it. And noAV Avith a 
brave army and a just cause may God sustain yon." 
And General Grant had answered, " Should my success 
be less than I desire or expect, the least I can say is the 
fault is not Avith you." 



MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL. 57 

Side by side they stood together thus through all the 
desperate days that ensued, until in April, 1865, the 
terrific and protracted struggle was ended between the 
two great armies of the East; the long-tried, always 
faithiul Army of the Potomac held its great rival, the 
Army of North Virginia, in the iron embrace of its 
gleaming wall of bayonets, and the sword of Lee was 
laid, figuratively at least, in the conquering hand of 
Grant. Side by side Lincoln and Grant will stand for- 
ever in the pantheon of history, and somewhere in the 
eternal plan we would willingly believe those great 
spirits shall yet guard and shield the land they loved and 
served so well. 

Whatever General Grant's errors or his Aveaknesses, — 
and he was mortal, — like the spots on the sun they but 
show the brightness of the surrounding surface, and we 
readil}' forget them as we remember the vast debt we 
owe. Whether without him we could have achieved 
success, it is certain that only through him we did 
achieve success. He Avas thoroughly patriotic, and his 
patriotism sprang from his faith in the American Union. 
He had been educated to the service of the government; 
he had looked to this rather than to the parties that exist 
under it, whose zeal sometimes leads men to forget that 
there can be no i)arty success worth having that is not 
for the benefit of all. His political affiliations were slight 
enough, perhaps, but they had not been with the i^arty 
that elected Mr. Lincoln. He knew well, however, that 
this frame of government once destroyed could never be 
reconstructed. He had no faith in any theory which 
made the United States powerless to protect itself. He 



58 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

comprehended fully the real reason >vhy the slave States, 
dissatisfied with just and necessary restraint, sought to 
extricate themselves from the Union; and he knew that a 
war commencing for its integrity, would broaden and 
widen until it became one for the liberty of all men, and 
there was neither master nor slave in the land. 

His letter to his brother-in-law, lately published, 
although written during the first week of the Avar ; 
his written remark to General Buckner in their 
interestiuii- interview iust before he died, " that the Avar 
had been worth all that it had cost," show how strongly 
he felt that, purified by the fires of the rebellion, the 
Union had risen grand and more august among nations. 
Who shall say he Avas not right? Who shall say that if 
all the noble lives so freely olfered could be restored, but 
with them must return the once discordant Union Avith 
its system of slaver}^, they Avho gave would consent to 
have them purchased at such a price? 

General Grant Avas not of those Avho supposed that 
the conflict Avith the South Avas to be any sunnner's day 
campaign; he knew the position of the South, its re- 
sources, its mihtary capacity, and the fact that acting 
on the defensive it Avould move its armies on interior 
lines. He recognized the difficulty in dealing Avith so 
vast an extent of territory, and that in a war Avith a 
hostile people, rather than a hostile army only, Ave could 
often hold but the tracts of territory immediately under 
our camp-fires. Yet he never doubted of ultimate 
success. He never believed that this country Avas to 
be rent asunder by faction or dragged to its doom by 
traitors. He said to General Badeau once, Avho had 



MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL. 59 

asked him if the prospect never appalled him, tliat he 
had always felt i^erfectly certain of success. Thus 
though to him many days were dark and disastrous, 
none Avcre despondent. "The simple faith in success 
you have always manifested," said Sherman to him, 
"I can liken to nothin"- else than the faith a Christian 
has in the Saviour." His remarkahle persistence has 
caused him sometimes to he looked on as a mere dog^'ed 
fighter. Xo suggestion coidd he more preposterous. 
He felt sure of his plan hefore he commenced, then 
temporaiy obstructions and difficulties did not dismay 
him, and whatever wei-e the checks he went on Avith 
resolution to the end. 

If stern and unyielding in the hour of conflict, in the 
hour of victory no man was ever more generous and 
magnanimous. He felt always that those Avith whom 
we wari'cd were our erring countrymen, and that, when 
they submitted to the inevitable changes that war had 
made, strife Avas at an end. But he never proposed to 
yield or tamper Avitli what had been won for liberty and 
hiunanity in that strife. 

He has passed be3'<md our mortal sight, sustained and 
soothed by the devotion of friends and comrades, by the 
love of a people, by the affectionate respect and regard 
of many once in arms against him. In that home Avhere 
he Avas almost Avorshippcd, he has Avraj^ped " the drapery 
of his couch about him" as one that lies doAvn to 
pleasant dreams. Fi'ont to front on many a field he 
had met the grim destroyer, Avhere the death-dealing 
missiles rained thick and fast from tlie rattling rifles and 
the crashing cannon. He neither quailed nor blanched, 



GO MEMOIilAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

although death came at last with a summons that could 
not be denied, when all that makes life dear was around 
him. He could not but know he was to live still in 
memory as long as the great flag around which his 
fighting legions rallied should wave above a imited 
people. To most men the call of death is terrible — 

"But to the hero when liis sworcl has won 

The batlh.' of the free. 
That voice souutls like a prophet's word. 
And in its liollow tones are lieard 

The tlianks of millions j-et to be." 

When Judsje Devens, whose words had been frequently and 
warmly applauded, had ceased speaking, Governor Robinson 
said : — 

The resolutions that have been otfered are before you 
for your action. In the absence of objections they 
will be considered adopted unanimously. The chair so 
declares. The exercises will be closed with the bene- 
diction by the Rev. S. L. Gracey. 

Mr. Gracey said: — 

May the peace of God and the consolation of the Great 
Comforter abide with the bereaved fjimily of our great 
commander. May the gi-ace of God be in our hearts, 
leading us to a nobler and truer and better manhood, 
a more intense patriotism, and may the power and 
blessing that keep in peace and give not sorrow abide 
all over our broad land, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The atidience then dispersed. 



MEMORIAL SERVICES. 



MEMORIAL SERVICES. 



The Special Committee of the City Council appointed to make 
arrangements for the memorial services extended an invitation to 
Hexky "Ward Beecheu, to pronounce the eulogy, and the invita- 
tion was accepted, and the twenty-second of October Mas selected 
as the day upon M'hich the services should be held. 

The Tremont Temple Association tendered to the city the 
free use of their hall for the occasion, and their otier was 
accepted. 

Among those officially invited by the committee, in behalf of 
the City Council, were the following : His Excellency the Gov- 
ernor and the members of his stall"; the Executive Council; the 
Heads of State Departments ; United States civil officers in Bos- 
ton ; the Judges of the Supreme and Superior courts ; Ex-Mayors 
of Boston ; city officials and representatives of the Press. 

Tickets of admission were issued on account of the ofeneral 
desire on the i^art of the people to attend the services, and at the 
appointed time the hall was completely filled. 

A large and life-like portrait of General Grant, painted by 
H. W. Berthrong and tastefully draped, hung in front of the 
organ. 

At three o'clock the services commenced with a voluntary on 
the organ by 'Sir. Howard 1\I. Dow ; next followed Chopin's 
"Marche Funebre," performed by the orchestra and organ, the 
former being under the leadership of !Mr. T. M. Carter. 



64 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

Alderman Patrick J. Donovan, Chairman of the Committee 
of Arrangements, then iiitrixhiccd Mayor O'Brien, and said : — 

Ladies and Gentlemen, — The committee having 
charge of these memorial services to-daj have requested 
His Honor the Mayor to preside on this occasion. He 
has accepted the invitation of the committee, and I there- 
fore take great pleasure in introducing to you as the pre- 
siding officer His Honor Mayor Hugh O'Brien. 

The Mayor asked the attention of the assembly while prayer 
■was ofiered by Ecv. B. F. Hamilton : — 

PRAYER. 

Let us pray. O Lord, Thou art God, and beside 
Thee there is none else. Thine is the kingdom, aud 
Thine the power, and Thine the glory. Thou art the 
Kin a- amona- the nations. What is man, that Thou art 
mindful of him, or the son of man, that Thou visitest him? 
Yerily Thou hast created him but a little lower than the 
angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor, and 
jiut all things in subjection under his feet. 

It becometli us, in whatever station we occupy in life, 
whether the highest or lowest, to bow reverently before 
Thee, and to cry, " Be Thou exalted, O God, above the 
heavens, aud let Thy glory appear above the earth." 

Called into Thy presence by the peculiar ordering of 
Thy Providence, we invoke the guidance of Thy Spirit in 
all that shall be said, and in all tliat shall be done. Sit- 
ting in the shadow of a great national sorrow, Avho shall 



MKJIOKIAL SKIiVICES. 65 

■comfort, who shall dh-ect, who shall lu'l[), but the God of 
heaven and earth. 

We bless Thee for the renewed eonfidence we have 
that Thou hast set apart him that is holv for Thyself. 
We thank Thee again that the eyes of the Lord are upon 
the faithful in the earth, that they may dwell with Him. 
As we olfer our prayers and supplications unto Thee, 
may our prayers come before Thee as incense, and the 
lifting up of our hands as the evening sacritice; and, as 
we think of the great life that has been led 'n our midst 
and in this land, may the Spirit of God come to us, to 
seal to our hearts the lessons that shall be drawn there- 
from. May he who shall speak unto us be insi^ired by 
Thy Spirit, and be directed by Thee in the words that he 
;shall utter before us. 

We thank Thee that there is such a character arising, 
iippearing, going before, and passing on before our eyes. 
W^e thank Thee for its humble beginning. We thank 
Thee for its faithful continuance. We thank Thee for its 
glorious and triumphant death. We bless Thee for that 
peculiar exhibition of charity which suffereth long and is 
kind, which vaunteth not, and does not behave itself 
■unseemly. We thank Thee for that pure heart which 
revolted so strongly against anything unjust and un- 
seemly and ungodly. We thank Thee for that reverent 
spirit which never suffered a profane oath to pass from 
lips that knew no guile, and which bowed the head in 
Tionor to worship before the King of kings and Lord of 
lords. We thank Thee for that sweet, social life, that 
made home a sanctuary, and that carried its influence into 
the abode of kings, and into the council-chambers of the 



(56 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

rulers in the land. We thank Thee for that close friend- 
ship) which brought friends to his heart, and bound them 
there like the heart of David to the heart of Jonathan. 
We thank Thee especially for that high moral courage 
which never quailed in the presence of danger, and which 
prompted this true man to go forth in the ways of duty 
until his duty was accomplished, although it be to the 
vanquishing of those that rose up against the land, and 
that then brought him to reach down and lift up the 
fallen foe, and place him upon the level with liimself. 
We thank Thee for all that he did to bring peace in our 
land. 

But we thank Thee especially for that strong faith 
which took hold upon that heart, which grasped the 
promises of God, and which enabled him to face the last 
enemy and go down to the dark valley fearing no evil,, 
because Thou wast Avith him. 

Blessed by Thy ]*^ame, O God, that there is so much in 
this character that disease cannot touch, that death can- 
not destroy. Again we have to cry, "O Death, where is 
thy sting? O Grave, where is thy victory? 

And now we bow reverently before Thee, O God, that 
Thou mayst teach us the lessons that have been wrought 
out in this life, and inspire lis with those principles of 
moral coui*age, true honesty, and devotion to truth, which 
ai'e so conspicuously manifested in this exalted life. 
Bless each one of us now before Thee. Bless the officers 
of the government of the city of our habitation, and give 
them wisdom and discretion and all needed grace to dis- 
charge their responsible duties in Thy fear and to Thy 
praise. 



MEMOKIAL SERVICES. 67 

Bless, we pray Thee, the State of our habitation; the 
goodly Commonwealth, wliich we call the State, where 
we dwell, and where we delig-lit to express our devotion 
to the free institutions which our fathers planted here. 
Bless our land and bless the I'ulers thereof; may our offi- 
cers continue to be peace and our exactors righteousness. 

Remember us all in mercy, and let us feel that it is not 
for those that are far away to exhibit faith and devotion; 
that it is not simply for those wlio have occupied con- 
sjDicuous positions in the past to manifest these high vir- 
tues. Let us all remember that in the conflicts that are 
now before us, the conflicts between right and wrong, 
between good and evil, between truth and error, it is for 
lis to endure hardships, as good soldiers, and fight man- 
fully the fight of faith. Help us all to do this, remember- 
ing that Thou hast promised, "Be thou faithful unto 
death, and I will give thee a crown of life." 

All these favors we ask in the name of Him who was 
dead and is alive forevermore; to Whom, with the Father 
and with the Spii'it, be praise everlasting. Amen. 

A portion of the following ode, composed for the occasion by 
Mrs. Julia Wakd Howe, was then sung by a select choir of ladies 
and gentlemen. The music was from Mozart's "Magic Flute," 
and the solos were sung by iNIiss Annie II. Lord and Mr. Will- 
iam Beeching : — 

ODK. 

Great Freedom! Maid divinely born, 
Tliino was the Cliaiiipion that we mourn. 
Thou, guest of triunipli and delight. 
Attend to-dav our funeial rite. 



68 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

When in thy cause our fathers l)led. 
Rebellion raised her angr_v head, 
And Civil War, with mailed hand, 
Smote at the beauty of the land ; 

And many a chieftain came and went, 
; AVith thought perplexed, ill content 

To lead his troops with faltering breath 
Deep in the glittering toils of death ; 

And many a household ope"d its dour 
To one whose lips should move no more : 
The aiTow rankling in its breast, 
That sped that silent, solemn guest. 

But when our greatest need was near, 
AVe hoard a sudden ciy of cheer 
That rolled and deepened. Could it be? 
It was the shout of victory. 

For on the field a master-hand 
Marshalled and led the jKitriot band ; 
And, in an order grand and bold. 
The din was hushed, the strife controlled. 

Unblest the hands that loosed afar 
The dreadful enginery of war I 
Thi'iee blessed he who marched amain 
To bring us holy peace again. 

A conqueror crowned for deeds of might. 
But happiest in the victor's miglit, 
When the strong arm that dealt the blow 
Might lift and help the prostrate foe. 

Rest with thy laurels, generous chief! 
Lamented with a nation's grief. 
Remembered with such grateful praise 
As heralds thee to distant diiys. 



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Released from struggle to sweet sleep. 
Max loving hearts thy vigils keep. 
While Faith's sure promise seals for thee 
The last sui-passing victory. 



His Honor the ^Nliij'or then said : — 

Ladies and gentlemen, Professor Moses True Brown 
has kindly consented to read a poem written for the 
occasion by Miss Louise Lnog-en Guiney. It may not be 
out of place to remark that Miss Guiney is the daughter 
of General Guiney, the brave commander of the Ninth 
Kegiment. 



Prof. Beowx then read the following poem : — 



GRANT. 



I. 



Once to the pomp of the joy-bells' peal. 

Supple as oak in his jointed steel, 

Tlie laurelled consul, released from marclies, 
Led tall Jugurtha under the arches. 

Chafing in gyves at his ear's gold wheel : 



II. 

But dumljly enduring tlie thorn and rood 
Of war, for the hope of immortal good, 
Our mighty leader outvied the Roman, 
Laying, for chain on the neck of his foeman, 
Compassion, and candor, and knightlihood! 



TO MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GKANT. 

III. 

True metal he, to lii.s brij^lit swonVs tip; 
Potent and few the words of liis lip. 

Cajoler of none; austere, yet tender; 

Of right, avenger, of wrong, amender; 
Secure from the fever of rivalsliip: 



IV. 



With the lion's front, and his fr)ot-fall mild. 
Unangered, unshaken, and unbeguiled ; 

From camps to the heavy trust of a nation ; 

Through censure, and triumph, and desolation. 
To jjardoii, and i)eaee, and the sleep of a child. 



V. 



Behold our Soldier ! And his advance 
Aleant forethought, labor, and sufferance. 

These make his worth; these, our thanksgiving; 

For he, in the charm of his simple living, 
Was more than the lieroes of old romance. 



VI. 

And thou, loadstar of our holiest pride. 
When even the beautj' of them that died 

Shone not in the heaven of our grief above thee, 
O Land, now like to the souls that, love thee. 
By anguish and niiserj- isurifled! 



VII. 



Remembering' tales of the ca])tive kings 
Aud their jeering victors ; and, Vf'ith these things. 
Thy day that was altar, and font, and sermon, 
When Johnson and Buckner, with Sheridan, Sherman, 
Hiding abreast where the Hudson sings. 



MEMORIAL SERVICES. 71 

VIII. 

Down the blue ranks to the sacred sod. 
Bore out our Greatest from jnitlis lie trod, 

'Mid trailing of arms and drum-taps solemii, 

And rustle of lowering flags in the colunm. 
From the iJsalm of the guns to the peace of God. 



IX. 



Rejoice ! Though the uttermost jiraise we frame 
Be homage too poor, and forlorn acelaira. 

The break in their voices — j'ea! that is glorj-, 

Music, and garlands and oratory, 
Nolilc for aye as his noble name. 



The choir then stmg the motetto " Gone through the Shadow," 
composed by H. M. Dow. Words liy M. J. Savage, as fol- 
lows : — 

Gone through the Shadow ! 

Gone through the valley of Sliadow ! 
Hail, O our Captain! Hail, O patient One, crowned as Victor! 

Oh ! our brother gone before us ! 
O'er earth's sorrows, o'ei- the death-pain, thou hast conquered! 

Glory! Glory! Live now all glorious! 
In our hearts still, as in old times, be thou cherished! 

And in thy footsteps we'll follow ! 
Till for all men Death is conquered forever! 
Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! 



Mayor O'Brien then introduced the orator as follows: 

Ladies and gentlemen, immediately after the announce- 
ment of the death of Genertd Grant, the City Council of 
Boston met and passed appropriate resolutions, in honor 



72 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

of the memory of the great soldiei-. One of our most 
emmcnt sons addressed his fellow-citizens at Faneuil 
Hall, and i-ecalled the events of General Grant's life. To 
complete om- tribute to the memoiy of that life, I have 
the honor of introducing the most distinguished and best- 
known orator in this country, the Reverend Hexry 
"Ward Beecher. 

Mr. Beechor stepped forward, in response to the Mayors 
remarks, and was received with a round of applause. His address 
was delivered from notes, in a clear tone and deliberate manner, 
and he was followed with the closest attention by his appreciative 
hearers. 

At the conclusion of the eulogy, which occupied aliout an hour 
in its delivery, the choir sang "The American Song," composed 
by V. CiRiLLO. Words by :M. J. Savage. The solos were sung 
by ]Mrs. L. F. C. Richardson and ^Nlr. Charles E. Adams. It 
was tinelv rendered, and formed a fitting close to the memorial 



services. 



THE AMERICAN SOXG. 



I. 



AVhat song shall America sing, 

Young lieir of the elder world. 
Whose knee ne'er bent to a tjTant king, 

Whose banner defeat ne'er furled? 
A song for the brave and tlu- free ! 

No echo of ancient rhyme ; 
But a shout of hope for the day to be, 

The light of Ihe coming time ! 

Chorus. — A song for the brave, etc. 



MEMORIAL SERVICES. 73 

11. 

From the dark low lands of the Jiast, 

Swelling loud o'er the victim's cries. 
The hero's shout sweeps up the blast 

Where wounded Freedom dies. 
The dnun's dull beat and tlie truniiDet's blare 

From the far-off years are lieard ; 
But tlie pa'an of kings is man's despair. 

And the hojie of the world defeiTed. 

Chorus. — The drum's dull beat, etc. 



III. 

'Tis the song of the free we sing! 

Of a good time not yet born. 
Where each man of himself is king, 

Of a day whose gladsome morn 
Shall see the earth beneath our feet 

And a fair sky overhead ; 
Wlien those now sad shall liiid life sweet, 

And none shall hunger for bread. 

Chorus. — Shall see the earth, etc. 



IV. 

Sing, then, our American song! 

'Tis no boast of triumphs won 
At the price of another's wrong. 

Or of foul deeds foully done. 
We fight for the wide world's right. 

To enlarge life's scope and j)lan, 
To flood the earth with hope and light. 

To build the Kingdom of Mmi. 

Chorus.- We tight for the, etc. 



Eev. Mr. Hamiltox tlieii i)ronounccd the benediction, and tlie 
large audience gradually dispersed. 



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THE EULOGY. 



Another name is added to the roll of those whom the 
world will not Avillingly let die. A few years since storm- 
clouds filled his heaven, and obloquy, slander, and bitter 
lies rained down upon him. 

The clouds are all blown away. Under a serene sky he 
laid down his life, and the !N"ation wept. The path to his 
tomb is worn by the feet of innumerable pilgrims. The 
mildewed Hps of Slander are silent, and even Criticism 
hesitates lest some incautious word should mar the history 
of the modest, gentle, magnanimous warrior. 

The whole nation watclied his passage through humili- 
ating misfortunes with unfeigned sympathy; the whole 
world sighed when his life ended. At his burial the un- 
sworded hands of those whom he had fought lifted his 
bier and bore him to his tomb with love and reverence. 

Grant made no claim to saintship. He was a man of 
like passions, and with as marked limitations as other 
men. Nothing could be more distasteful to his honest, 
modest soul while living, and nothing more unbecoming 
to his memory, than lying exaggerations and fulsome 
flatteries. 

Men without faults are apt to be men without force. A 
round diamond has no brilliancy. Lights and shadows, 



78 MEMOKIAL OF ULVSSES S. GRANT. 

hills and valleys, give beauty to the landscape. The 
faults of great and generous natures are often over-ripe 
c-oodness, or the shadows Avhich their virtues cast. 

Three elements enter into the career of a great citizen: 

That which his ancestry gives; 

That which opportunity gives; 

That which his will develops. 

Grant came from a sturdy ISew England stock; j^ew 
England derived it from Scotland ; Scotland Ijred it, at a 
time Avhen Covenanters and Puritans wei'e made, — men 
of iron consciences hammered out upon the anvil of ad- 
versity. From JSTew England the stream flowed to the 
Ohio, where it enriched the soil till it brought forth abun- 
dant hai'\'ests of great men. When it was Grant's timt; 
to be born he came forth without celestial portents and 
his youth had in it no prophecy of his manhood. His 
boyhood was wholesome, robust, Avith a vigorous frame. 
With a heart susceptible of tender love, he yet was not 
social. He was patient and persistent. He loved horses 
and could master them. That is a good sign. 

Grant had no art of creating circumstances; oppoilu- 
nity must seek him, or else he would 1)1<h1 thi'ough life 
without disclosing the gifts which God hid in him. The 
gold in the hills cannot disclose itself. It must 1)e sought 
and dug. 

A shai-p and wiry politician, for some reason of Provi- 
dence, performed a generous deed in sending young- 
Grant to West Point. He finished his course there, dis- 
tinguished as a skilful and bold rider, with an inclinatiou 
to mathematics, but with little taste for the theory and 
literature of war, but with sympathy for its external and 



THE EULOGY. 79 

material developments. In boyhood and youth he was 
marked l)y .simplicity, candor, veracity, and silence. 

After leaving the Academy he saw service in Mexico, 
and aftei'ward in California, Init without conspicuous 
results. 

Then came a clouded period, a sad life of irresolute 
vibration between self-indulgence and aspiration through 
intemperance. lie resigned from the army, and at that 
time one would have feared that his life Avould end in 
eclipse. Hercules crushed two serpents sent to destroy 
him in his cradle. It was later in his life that Grant de- 
stroyed the enemy that " biteth like a serpent and stingeth 
like an adder." 

At length he struck at the root of the matter. Others 
agree not to drink, which is good; Grant overcame the 
wish to drink, which is better. But the cloud hung- 
over his reputation for many yeai-s, and threatened his 
ascendancy when better da^^s came. Of all his victories, 
many and great, this was the greatest, that he conquered 
himself. His will was stronger than his passions. 

Poor, much shattered, he essayed farming. Carrying 
Avood for sale to St. Louis did not seem to be that for 
which he was created; neither did jjlanting crops, or rais- 
ing cattle. 

Tanning is an honorable calling, and, to many, a road 
to wealth. Grant found no gold in the tan vat. 

Then he became a listless merchant, — a silent, unsocial 
and rather mood}' waitei- npon ])etty traffic. 

He was a good subaltei-n, a poor farmer, a worse tan- 
ner, a worthless trafficker. Without civil experience, with- 
out literary gifts, too diffident to be ambitious, too modest 



80 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

to put himself forward, too honest to he a pohtician, he 
was of all men the least likely to attain eminence, and 
absolutely unfitted, apparently, for preeminence; yet 
God's Providence selected him. 

Wlien the prophet Samuel went forth to anoint a suc- 
cessor to the impetuous and imperious King Saul, he 
caused all the children of Jesse to pass before him. He 
rejected one by one the whole band. At length the 
youngest called fi-om among the flock came in, and the 
Lord said to Samuel, "Arise, this is lie; " and Samuel took 
the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his 
brethren, and the spirit of the Lord came u\m\\ him from 
that day forward. (I. Sam. xvi.) 

Ordained was Grant with the dintment of war — black 
and sulphurous. 

Had Grant died at the tanyard, or from behind the 
counter, the world would never have suspected that it had 
lost a hero. He would have fallen as an undistinguish- 
able leaf among the millions cast down every year. His 
time had not come. It was plain that he had no capacity 
to create his opportunity. It must find him out, or he 
would die ignoble and unknown! 

It was coming ! Already the clouds afar off were gath- 
ering. He saw them not. No figures were seen upon 
the dim horizon of the already near future. 

The insidted flag; the garments rofled in blood; a 
million men in arms; the sulphurous smoke of battle; 
gory heaps upon desperate battle-fields; an army of 
slowly moving crippled heroes ; grave-yards jDopulous as 
cities; they were all in the clouded horizon, though he 
saw them not! 



THE EULOGY. 81 

Let tis look upon the scene on which he was soon to 
exert a mighty energy. 

This continent hxy Avaiting for ages for the seed of civ- 
ilization. At length a sower came forth to sow. While 
he sowed the good seed of libci-ty and Christian civiliza- 
tion, an eneni}^ dai'kling, sowed tares. They sprang up 
and grew together. The Constitution cradled both 
Slavery and Liberty. AVhile yet ungrown the}^ dwelt 
togethei' in peace. They snai-led in youth, quarrelled 
Avhen half grown, and fought when of full age. The final 
catastrophe Avas inevitable. l^o finesse, no device or 
compromise could withstand the inevitable. The conflict 
began in Congress; it drifted into commerce; it rose into 
the very air, and public sentiment grew hot, and raged in 
the pulpit, the forum, and in politics. 

The South, like a queenly beauty, grew imperious and 
exacting ; the ^orth, like an obsequious suitor, knelt at 
her feet only to receive contempt and mockery. 

Both i)arties, "Whig and Democrat, drank of the cup 
of her sorcery. It killed the AVhig party. The Demo- 
crat was tougher, and was only besotted. A few, like 
John the Baptist, were pi-eaching repentance, but, like 
him, they were in the wilderness, and seemed rude and 
shaggy fanatics. 

If a wise moderation had possessed the South, if they 
had conciliated the North, if they had met the just 
scruples of honest men, Avho, hating slavery, dreaded the 
dishonor of brealdng the compacts of the Constitution, 
the South might have held conti-ol for another hundi-ed 
years. It was not to be. God sent a strong delusion 
upon them. 



82 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

Nothing can bi' plainer than that all i)arties in the 
State were drifting- in the dark, withont any comprehen- 
sion of the elemental canses at work. Without prescience 
or sagacity, like ignorant physicians, they prescribed at 
random; they sewed on patches, new compromise upon 
old garments; sought to conceal the real depth and 
danger of the gathering tori'ent by crying peace, j^eace, 
to each other. In short, they were seeking to medicate 
volcanoes and stop eai'thquakes by administering political 
quinine. The wise statesmen Avere bewildered and poli- 
ticians were juggling fools. 

The South had laid the foundation of her industry, her 
commerce, and her commonwealth upon Slavery. It was 
Slavery that inspired her councils, that engorged hei- 
j^hilanthropy, that corrupted her political economy and 
theology, that disturbed all the ways of active politics; 
broke up symjjathy between North and South. As Ahab 
met Elijah with "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?" 
so Slavery charged the sentiments of Freedom with vexa- 
tious meddling and unwai'i-antable interference. 

The South had budded herself upon the rock of 
Slavery. It lay in the very channels of Civilization, like 
some Flood Rock lying sullen otf Hell Gate. The tides 
of controversy rushed upon it and split into eddies and 
swilling pools, bringing incessant disaster. The rock 
would not move. It must be removed. It was the South 
itself that fui-nished the engineers. Arrogance in Council 
sunk the shaft, Violence chambered the subterranean 
passages, and Infatuation loaded them with infernal 
dynamite. All was secure. Their rock was their for- 
tress. The hand that tired upon Sumter exploded the 



THE EULOGY. 83 

mine, and tore the fortress to atoms. For one moment 
it rose into llie air like spectral liills; for one moment 
the waters rocked with wild confusion, tlien settled back 
to quiet, and the way of Civilization was opened! 

The spark that was kindled at Fort Sumter fell upon 
the Xortli like fire npon autumnal jirairies. Men came 
together in the presence of this universal calamity 
with sudden fusion. They foi-got all separations of 
politics, parties, or even of religion itself. It was a con- 
flagration of patriotism. The bugle and the drum rang 
out in every neighborhood; the plough stood still in the 
furrow; the hammer diopped from the anvil; l)ook and 
pen Avere forgotten; pulpit and forum, court and shop, 
felt the electric shock. Parties dissolved and reformed. 
The Democratic party sent forth a host of noble men, and 
SAvelled the Republican ranks, and gave many noble 
leaders and iri-esistible energy to the hosts of War. 
The Avhole land became a military school, and officers 
and men began to learn the art and ])ractice of war. 

Wlien once the North had organized its armies there 
was soon disclosed an amiable folly of conciliation. It 
hoped foi- some peaceal)le way out of the war; Generals 
seemed to fight so that no one should be hurt; the}' saw 
the mirage of futui-e parties above the battle-field, and 
anxiously considered the political effect of their military 
ccmduct. They were fighting not to break down I'ebellion, 
but to secure a futin-e presidency, or governorship. 
The South had smelted into a glowing mass. It believed 
in its course with an infatuation that would have been 
glorious if the cause had been better! It put its whole 
soul into it, and struck hard. 



84: MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

The South fouglit for shivery and independence. The 
N"orth fought for Union, but for pohtical success after the 
War. Thus for two years, not unmarked by great deeds, 
the war hngered. Lincohi, sad and sorrowful, felt the 
moderation of his generals, and longed for a man of iron 
mould, who had but two words in his military vocabulary. 
Victory or Annihilation. 

lie was coming! He was heard from at Henry and 
Donelson. 

Three great names were rising to sight, — Sherman, 
Thomas, Sheridan ;^and, larger than either, Grant! AVitli 
his advent the ai-mies, with some repulses, went steadily 
forward from conquering to conquer. 

Aside from all military qualities he had one absorbing 
spirit, — the Union must be saved, the rebellion must be 
beaten, the Confederate ai'mies must be threshed to chaff 
as on a summer threshing-floor. He had no political am- 
bition, no imaginary reputation to preserve or gain. A 
great genius for grand strategy, a comprehension of com- 
plex and vast armies, caution, j^rudence, and silence while 
preparing, an endless patience, an indomitable will, and a 
real, downright fighting quality. 

Thus, at length Grant was really born! He had lain in 
the nest for long as an infertile egg. The brooding of 
war hatched the egg, and an eagle came forth. 

It is impossible to reach the full measure of Grant's 
military genius until we survey the greatness of this most 
extraordinary war of modern days, or it may be said of 
any age. 

For more than four years there were more than a mil- 
lion men on each side, stretched out upon a line of be- 



THE EULOGY. 



85 



tween one and two thonj^and miles, and a blockade ria-or- 
ously enforced along a coast of an equal extent. During 
that time, counting no battle in -which there were not 
500 Union men engaged, there were fought more than 
2,000 engagements, — 2,261 of record. 

Amid this sea of blood there shot up gi-eat battles, that 
for numbers, fighting, and losses will rank with the great 
battles of the world. 

In 1862 the losses by death, wounds, and missing 
on each side, as extracted from Govei-nment records, 
were : — 



1. Shiloh 

2. Seven Piues ami Fair Oaks 

3. T-Dav Retreat aud Malvern Hill 

4. 2d Bull Kun . . . . 

5. Autietani . . . . . 

6. Fredericksburg . . . . 

7. Stoue River .... 



UDion. Confeil. Total. 

13.500 10,099 24,199 

.5,739 7.997 13,736 

15,249 17,.-)83 32,832 

7,800 3,700 11,100 

12,409 25,899 38,307 

12,353 4,570 16,929 

11.578 25,500 37,138 



1863. 



8. Chancellorsville 

9. Gettysburg 

10. Chickamauga 

1 1 . Chattanooiia 



16,030 12,281 28,311 

23,186 31,621 54,807 

15,851 17,804 33,655 

5,616 8,084 



1864. 



12. Wilderness 

13. Spottsylvauia . 

14. Cold Harbor . 

15. Petersburg 

16. Chattanooga to Atlanta 



37,737 11.400 49,137 

26,421 9,000 35,421 

14,931 1,700 16,700 

10,586 28,000 38,586 
37.199 



86 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. CxRANT. 

Over 26,000 N^orthern soldiers died in prison in captiv- 
ity. If we reckon all who pei-ished liy violence and l)y 
sickness on both sides, nearly a million died in tl:e War 
of Emancipation. 

The nnmljcr mnst be largely swelled if we add all who 
died at home, of sickness and wounds received in the 
campaign. 

The Secretary of War, in his report, dated JSTovember 
22, 1865, makes the folloAving remarks, which show more 
than anytliing else the spirit animating the people of the 
loyal States: '^On several occasions, wlien troops were 
promptly needed to avert impending disastei", vigorous 
exertion brought them into the field from remote States 
with incredible speed. Official reports show that after 
the disasters on the Peninsula, in 1862, over 80,000 troops 
were enlisted, organized, ai-med, equipped, and sent into 
the field in less than a month. 60,000 troops have repeat- 
edly gone to the field within foui- Aveeks. 90,000 infantry 
were sent to the armies from tlie five States of Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, Avithin twenty 
days. When Lee's army surrendered, thousands of re- 
cruits were pouring in, and men were discharged from 
recruiting stations and rendezvous in every State." 

Into this sulphurous storm of war Grant entered almost 
unknown. It was with difficulty that he could obtain a 
command. Once set forward, Donelson, SMloh, VicTcs- 
harg, Chattanooga, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Peters- 
burg, Apj^onudtox, — these were his footsteias. In four 
years he had risen, without j^olitical favor, from the bot- 
tom to the very highest command, — not second to any 
living commander in all the Avorld! 



THE EULOGY. 87 

His plans were large, his xmdiscouraged will was 
patient to obduracy. He was not fighting for reputation, 
nor for the display of generalship, nor for a future presi- 
dency. He had but one motive, and tliat as intense as 
life itself, — the subjugation of the rebellion and the res- 
toration of the broken Union. He embodied the feelings 
of the common people. He was their jjerfect representa- 
tive. The war was waged for the maintenance of the 
Union, the suppression of armed resistance, and, at length 
for the eradication of Slavery. Every step, from Donel- 
son to Appomattox, evinced with increasing intensity this 
his one terrible purpose. He never wavered, turned aside, 
or dallied. He Avaded through blood to the horses' bridles. 

In all this career he never lost courage or equanimity. 
With a million men, for whose movements he was re- 
sponsible, he yet carried a tranquil mind, neither depressed 
by disasters nor elated by success. Gentle of heart, famil- 
iar with all, never boasting, always modest, — Grant came 
of the old self-contained stock, — men of a simple force 
of being, which allied his genius to the great elemental 
forces of Nature, silent, iuA-isible, irresistible. AVhen his 
work was done, and the defeat of Confederate armies Avas 
final, this dreadful man of blood Avas tender toAvard his 
late adA^ersaries as a woman toAvard her son. He imposed 
no humiliating conditions, spared the feelings of his an- 
tagonists, sent home the disbanded Southern men with 
food and with horses for working their crops ; and Avhen 
a revengeful spirit in the Executive chair showed itself, 
and threatened the chief Southern Generals, Grant, Avith 
a holy indignation, interposed himself, and compelled his 
superior to relinquish his rash purpose. 



88 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

There have been men — there are yet, for stupidity is 
long-Hved — Avho regard Gi-ant as only a man of luck. 
Surely he was! Ts it not hick through such an ancestry 
to have had conferred upon him such a body, such a 
disposition, such greatness of soul, such patriotism un- 
alloyed by ambition, such military genius, such an in- 
domitable will, and such a capacity for handling the 
largest armies of any age? 

For four years and more this man of continuous Luck, 
across a rugged continent, in the face of armies of men 
as brave as his own, commanded by Generals of extraor- 
dinary ability, performed every function of strategy in 
grand "VVai-, which Jomini attributes to N^ajDoleon and 
his greatest marshals, and Napier to Wellington. 
Whether Grant could have conducted a successful re- 
treat will never be known. He was never defeated. 

Grant has been severely criticised for the Avaste of life. 
War is not created for the purpose of saving life, but, by 
a noble spending of blood, to save the Commonwealth. 
The great end which he achieved would have been 
cheaply gained at double the expense. 

After the Battle of the Wilderness he was styled the 
Butcher. 

But we are not to forget the circiunstances under which 
the conduct of the last great campaign was committed to 
him. For four years the heroic and patient Army of the 
Potomac had squandered blood and treasure without 
measure, and had gained not a step. With Generals 
many, excellently skilled in logistics, skilful in everj^- 
thing but success, they fought and retreated; they dug, 
they waded, they advanced, and returned. They went 



THE EULOGY. 85) 

down to Richmond and looked upon it, and came liaek to 
defend Washington. 

Their victories were fruitless. Antietam was ably 
fought, but Aveakly followed np. Gettysburg, with hid- 
eous slaughter, sent Lee back unpursiied, undestroyed, 
thoiigh he waited three or four days, helpless, cooped-up 
and surely doomed, had Sheridan or Grant been in 
Meade's place. 

The Army of the Potomac needed a General who 
knew how to employ their splendid bravery, their all- 
enduring pluck. They had danced long enough; they 
had led oft' — changed partners — cliassed — they had 
goue into campaigns with slow and solemn music, but 
returned with quicksteps. They seemed desii'ous of 
making war so as not to exasperate the South. 

Do not men know that nothing spends life faster than 
unfighting war? Disease is more deadly than the bullet. 
In all the war but one out of every forty-two that died 
was slain by the bullet, and one out of every thirteen by 
disease. 6,000,000 men passed through the hospitals 
during the war; over 3,000,000 with malarial diseases. 

It seemed doubtful whether the Government was put- 
ting down rebellion, or whether Lee was putting down 
the Government. An eminent critic says: "The fire 
and i^assion, downright earnestness and self-abandon that 
the South threw into the struggle at the outset and main- 
tained for two full years, had, it must be admitted, so far 
impaired the morale of the Union forces, that while 
couraj^e was nowhere wantins:, self-confidence had been 
seriously diminished." 

This was especially true of the devoted and decimated 



90 MEMORIAL or ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

Army of the Potomac, whose commanders, after the 
first battle of Bull Run, always appeared to be afraid 
of exasperating- the enemy. Driving Lee to extremi- 
ties was the one thing that they were all loath to 
do. They would fight to the last drop of blood to 
defend Washington, to hold their own, to preserve the 
Union ; but to corner the enemy, to drive him to desper- 
ation, to make him shed the last drop of his own blood, 
was the one thing they Avould not do, and no amount of 
urging could make them do it. It Avas this arriere pensee 
that held the hand of McClellan and of Meade after 
Antietam and Gettysburg. Both of these engagements 
were victories for the Ai-my of the Potomac, and both 
were robljed of their fruits l)y a lurking fear of the lion 
at bay. "They are ^shooing' the enemy out of Mary- 
land," said Lincoln, with his peculiar aptness and home- 
liness. 

When Grant came to the Army of the Potomac, he 
reversed the methods of all Avho preceded him. Braver 
soldiers never were, nor more valiant commanders; but 
the Generals had not learned the art of fighting with 
deadly intent. Peace is very good for peace, but war 
is organized Rage. It means destruction, or it means 
nothing. 

At the Battle of the AVilderness Grant stripped his 
commissary train of its guards to fill a gap in the line of 
battle. When expostulated with for exposing his army 
to the loss of all its provisions, his reply was : — 

" When tills annij is tvhij^j^ed, it ivill not want any j^ro- 
visions.^' 

All summer, all the autumn, all the winter, all the 



THE EULOGY. [)[ 

spring, and early summer again, ho hammered Lee, with 
blow on blow, until, at Appomattox, the great, l)ut not 
greatest, Southern General went to the ground. 

Grant was a great fighter, but not a fighter only. 

His inind took in the whole field of war, — as wide and 
complex as any that ever Napoleon knew. He combined 
in his plans the operations of three armies, and for the 
first time in the war, the whole of the Union forces were 
acting in concert. 

He had the patience of Fate, and the force of Thor. 
If he neglected the rules of war, as at Yicksburg, it was 
to make better rules, to those who wei-e strong enough to 
emijloy them. 

Counsellors gave him materials. He formed his own 
plans. Abhorring .-thaw, simple in manner, gentle in 
liis intercourse, modest and even diffident in regard to his 
own personality, he seems to have been the only man in 
camp who was ignorant of his own greatness. JS'ever 
Avas a commander better served, never were subordinates 
more magnanimously treated. The fame of his Generals 
Avas as dear to him as liis own. Those who might have 
I)een expected to be his rivals, were his bosom friends. 
While there were envies and jealousies among minor 
officers, the great names, Thomas, Sherman, Sheridan, 
give to history a ncAV instance of a great friendship 
between great warriors. 

Some future day a Napier Avill picture the final drama: 
the lireaking up of Lee's i-ight wing at Five Forks; Lee's 
retreat; Grant's grim, relentless pui-suit; Sheridan, like a 
raging lion, heading oft' the fleeing armies, that Avere 
AA^earied, Avorn, decimated, conquered; and, at the end, 



92 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

the modesty of their victorious Genei-al; the deUcaej 
with which he treated his heaten foe; the humanity of the 
terms given to the men: sent away with food, and horses 
foi- their farms; all this will form a picture of War and 
of Peace. 

He never forgot that the South was part of his country. 
The moment that the South lay panting and helpless upon 
the ground, Grant carried himself with magnanimous and 
sympathetic consideration. After the foil of Kichmond 
he turned aside and I'eturned to Washington without 
entering the conquered capital. 

When Johnston sui-rendered iipon terms not agreeable 
to Lincoln, Stanton, like a roaring lion fearing to lose 
its ])rey, sent Grant to overrule him. He loved Sher- 
man, and Avas unwilling to enter his camp lest he should 
seem to snatch from him the glory of his illustrious 
campaign. From a near town he enabled Sherman to 
reconstruct his terms, and accei)t General Johnston's 
surrender. 

When Lincoln was dead, Vice-President Johnson 
became President; a man well fitted for carrying on a 
fight, but not skilled in Peace, with a morbid sense of 
Justice, he determined that the leaders of rebellion should 
be made to suffer as examples; as if the death of all the 
first-born, the desolation of every Southern home, the im- 
poverished condition and bankruptcy of every citizen, 
were not example enoiigh! He ordered Lee to be 
arrested. Grant refused. When Johnson would have 
employed the army to effect his ])urposes, Grant, with 
quick but noble rebellion, refused obedience to his supe- 
rior, and, arranging to take from liis hands all military 



THE EULOCxY. 93 

control, repressed the President's wild temjjer and savage 
purpose of a dishonoi'ing Justice. 

Having brought the long and disastrous war to a close, 
in his own heart Grant Avoidd have chosen to have rested 
upon his laurels, and lived a retired military life. It was 
not to be permitted. He was called to the presidency 
by univei-sal acclaim, and it fell to him to conduct a 
campaign of Reconstruction even more burdensome than 
the Avar. 

It Avould seem impossible to combine in one eminent 
civil and military genius. To a cei'tain extent they have 
elements in common. But the predominant element in 
war is organized Force; of civil government, Influence. 
Statesmanship is less brilliant than Generalship, but 
requii-es a diiferent and a higher moral and intellectual 
genius. God is frugal in creating great men — men 
great enough to hold in eminence, the elements of a great 
General and of a great Ruler. Washington was eminent 
in Statesmanship; but then he was not a great General. 
At any rate he had no opi)ortunity to develop the fact. 

Alexander was a mere brutal fighter. 

Caesar as Emperor ditiered from Caesar as General only 
as a sword sheathed difiei's from a swoi-d unsheathed. 

Frederick the Great was simply a military ruler. 

Napoleon came near to combine the two elements in 
the earlier period of his career; but tlie genius of Force 
gradually Aveakened that sense of right and justice on 
Avhich Statesmanship must rest. 

Grant had in him the element of great Statesmanship; 
but neither liis education, nor his training, nor the des- 
perate necessities of Avar, gaA'e it a fair chance of dcA'elop- 



94 MEMORIAL OF ULYSvSES S. GRANT. 

merit in a condition of thing*? which bewildered the wisest 
statesmen. His admirable temper and fine sense of 
justice and truth fitted him to deal with the inflamed 
condition of the public mind. He had no animosities, no 
revenges, no secret ambition, and no commixture with 
schemes of gain. Whatever mistakes he made, he made 
them with a sincei-e belief that he was jiromoting the public 
welfare. This must, I think, be the final verdict: that, 
if Grant failed in statesmanlike conduct, there was no 
other jiublic man that could have done better. 

The tangled skein of affairs would have tasked a 
Cavour or a Bismarck. The period of Reconstruction is 
yet too near our war-inflamed eyes to be philosophically 
judged. 

1. Came the disbanding of the army. That was so 
easily done that the world has never done justice to the 
marvel. The soldiers of three great armies dropped their 
arms at the word of command, dissolved their organiza- 
tions, and disappeared. To-day the mightiest force on 
earth, to-mono \v they were not! As a sunnurr storm 
darkens the Avhole heavens, shakes the ground with its 
thunder, and empties its quiver of lightning, and is gone 
in an hour, as if it had never been, so was it with both 
armies. Neither in the South nor in the Xorth Avas there 
a cabal of otticers, nor any affray of soldiers, for every 
soldier was yet more a citizen. 

In this resumption of citizen life, Gi-ant, accompanied 
b}' his most bi'illiant Generals, led the way. He hated 
war, its very insignia, and in foreign lands refused to 
witness military pageants. He had had enough of war. 
He loved peace. 



THE EULOGY. 95 

When advanced U> the Presidency three vital questions 
were to be solved : — 

L The statns of the four miUion emancipated slaves. 

2. The adjustment of the political relations of the 
dislocated States. 

• 3. The restraint and control of that gulf-stream of 
Finance Avhich threatened to wash out the foundations of 
honest industry, and which brought to the nation more 
moral mischief than had the whole war itself. We are in 
peril from golden quicksands yet. 

Grant was eminently wise upon this question. His 
veto saved the country from a vitiated and corrupting 
circulation. 

The exaltation of the domestic African to immediate 
citizenship was the most audacious act of faith and fidelity 
that ever was witnessed. 

Their fidelity to the duties of bondage was most 
Christian. In all the Avar, knowing that their emancipa- 
tion was to be gained or lost, there was never an msui'rec- 
tion, nor a recorded instance of cruelty or insubordina- 
tion. This came not from cowardice; for, when, in the 
later periods of the war, they were enlisted and drilled, 
they made soldiers so brave as to extort admiration and 
praise from prejudice itself. They deserved their liberty 
for their good conduct. 

But Avere they prepared for citizenship? The safety of 
our civil economy rests upon the intelligence of the 
citizen. But the slaves in mass Avere greatly ignorant. 

It Avas a political necessity to arm them with the ballot 
as a means of self-defence. 

In many of the Sonthern States a probationary state 



96 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

would have been wiser, bat in others it would have re- 
manded them to substantial bondage. 

In this grand department of Statesmanship, General 
Grant accepted the vieAVS of the most eminent Eepubli- 
cans, — Stanton, Chase, Sumner, Thad. Stevens, Fessen- 
den, Sherman, Garfield, Conlding, Evarts, and of all the 
great leaders. 

In the readjustment of the political relations of the 
South he was wise, generous, and magnanimous in his 
career. ]N^ot a line in letter, speech, or message can be 
found that would wound the self-respect of Southern 
citizens. 

When the dangerous heresy of a greenback currency 
had gained political power, and Congress was disposed 
to oi^en the floodgates of a rotten currency, his veto, an 
act of courage, turned back the deluge and saved the land 
from a whole generation of mischief. Plad he done but 
this one thing he would have deserved well of histoiy. 

The respects in which he fell below the line of sound 
statesmanship — and these are not a few — are to be 
attributed to the influence of advisers whom he had 
taken into his confidence. Such was his loyalty to 
friendship that it must be set down as a fliult, — a fault 
rarely found among public men. 

Many springs of mischief were opened which still flow. 
When it was proposed to nominate Gi-ant for a third 
term the real objections to the movement among wise 
and dispassionate men was not so much against Grant as 
against the staif which would come in Avith him. 

On the whole, if one considers the intrinsic difiiculty 
of the question belonging to his administration, the 



THE Kri.oGY. 97 

stormy days of politics ami parties duriiii;" his eight years, 
it must be admitted that the country OAves to his unselfish 
disposition, to his general wisdom, to his nnsullied integ- 
rity, if not the meed of wisest, yet the reputation of one 
who, pi-ceminent in war, was eminent in administration, 
more perhaps by the wisdom of a noble nature than 
by that intelligence which is bred oidy by experience. 
Imperious counsellors and corrupt parasites dimmed the 
light of his political administration. 

We turn from Gi'ant's public life to his unrcstful 
private life. After a return from a tour of tlu' world, 
during Avhich lie met on all hands a distinguished recep- 
tion, he ventured upon the dangerous road of speculation. 
The desire of large wealth was deep-seated in Grant's 
soul. His early experience of poverty had pi'obably 
taken away from it all romance. Had wealth been sought 
by a legitimate production of real property he would 
have added one more laurel to his career. But, with 
childlike simplicity of ignorance, he committed all he had 
to the Avild chances of legalized gambling. But a few 
days before the humiliating crash came he believed 
himself to be Avorth three millions of dollars! AVhat 
service had been rendered for it? What equivalent of 
industry, skill, productiveness, distribution, or conven- 
ience? IS^one. Did he never think that this golden 
robe, with Avhich he designed to clothe his declining 
years, was Avoven of air, Avas in its nature unsubstantial, 
and not reputable? His success was a gorgeous bubble, 
reflecting on its brilliant surface all the hues of heaven, 
but Avhich grcAV thinner as it swelled larger. A touch 
dispelled the illusion and left him poor. 



98 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

It is a sig-nificant proof of the impression produced 
upon the pubUc mind of the essential honesty of his mind, 
and of the simplicity of his ignorance of practical busi- 
ness, that the whole nation condoned his folly, and 
believed in his intentional honesty. But the iron had 
entered his soul. That which all the hardsliips of war, 
and the wearing- anxieties of public administration could 
not do, the shame and bitterness of this great bankrujitcy 
achieved. 

The resisting forces of his body gave way. A disease 
in ambush sjjrang forth and cai'ried him captive. 
Patiently he sat in the region and shadow of death. 
A mild heroism of gentleness and patience hovered about 
him. The iron will, that had upheld him in all the 
vicissitudes of war, still in a gracious guise sustained his 
lingering hours. 

His household love, never tarnisbed, never abated, now 
roused him to one last heroic achievement, — to provide 
for the future of his family. No longer were there golden 
hopes for himself. The vision of wealth had vanished. 
But love took its place, and, under Aveakness, pain, and 
anguish, he wrought out a history of his remarkable 
careei'. A kindly liand administered the trust. It has 
amply secured his loved household from want. 

"When the last lines were written he laid l)ack upon his 
couch and bi-eathed back his great soul to God, whom he 
had worshipped unostentatiously after the manner of his 
fathers. 

A man he was without vices, with an absolute hatred 
of lies, and an ineradicable love of truth, of a perfect 
loyalty to friendship, neither envious of others nor selfish 



THE EULOnv. 99 

for liinisflf. AVilli a zeal lor tlu' pulilic good, unfeig-ned, 
he has left to incmory only such weaknesses as connect 
him with Ininiauity, and such virtues as will rank him 
among hei'oes. 

The tidings of his death, long exijected, gave a shock 
to the whole world. Governments, rulei-s, eminent 
statesmen, and scholars from all civilized nations gave 
sincere tokens of sympath3^ For the hour, sympathy 
rolled as a Avave over all our own land. It closed the last 
furrow of war, it extinguished the last prejudice, it effaced 
the last vestige of hatred, and cursed be the hand that 
shall bring them back! 

Johnston and Buckner on one side, Sherman and Sheri- 
dan upon the other, of his bier, he has come to his tomb a 
silent symbol that Liberty had conquered Slavery, Patri- 
otism Rebellion, and Peace War. 

He rests in peace, ^o drum or cannon shall disturb 
his rest. 

Sleep, Hero, until another trumpet shall shake the 
heavens and the earth ! Then come forth to glory in im- 
mortality. 

L.cfC. 



FINAL PROCEEDINGS. 



FINAL PEOCEEDINGS. 



At a mcetins; of the Board ol' Aldermen, lield on the twenty- 
sixth of Octol)er, 1884, Aklcnnan Patrick J. Donovan oftered 
the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : — 

Mesolved, That the thanks of the City Council l^e ex- 
pressed to tlie Rev. Henry Wakd Beecher for his inter- 
esting and patriotic etdogy on the Ufe and character of 
General Ulysses S. Gran-i', delivered before the city 
authorities on the 22d inst., in Treniont Temple, and that 
Mr. Beecher be rerpiosted to furnish a copy of his eulogy 
for publication. 

Resolved, That the thanks of the City Council be ex- 
pressed to the United IStates authorities in Boston for the 
loan to the city of the portrait of General Ulysses S. 
Grant, for the memorial services in his honor at Tremont 
Temple on the 22d inst. 

Resolved, That the thanks of the City Council be ex- 
pressed to Professor Moses True Browx for the accept- 
able mannei- in which he performed the Aniy of reader at 
the memorial services at Tremont Temple on the 22d inst., 
in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant. 

Resolved, That the thanks of the City Council be ex- 
tended to the Rev. B. F. Hamilton for jierforming the 



104 MEMORIAL OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. 

duty of chaplain at the memorial services at Tremont 
Temple on the 22d inst., in honor of General Ulysses S. 
Grant. 

Hesolved, That the thanks of the City Council be ex- 
tended to Miss Louise Imogen Guiney for the beautiful 
and approjjriate poem, composed by her, at the city's re- 
quest, and contributed to the memorial services on the 
22d inst., in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant. 

Mesoloed, That the thanks of the City Council be ex- 
pressed to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe for her admirable 
poetical contribution to the memorial services at Tremont 
Temple on the 22d inst., in honor of General Ulysses S. 
Grant. 

Resolved, Tliat the thanks of the City Coimcil be ex- 
expressed to the trustees of Tremont Temple for their 
courtesy in allowing the city the free use of tlieir hall for 
the memorial services on the 22d inst., in honor of Gen- 
eral Ulysses S. Grant. 

Severally passed iinanimously. Seut down. 

The Common Council on the fifth of November following, con- 
curred with the Aldermen in the passage of the resolutions, and 
they Mere approved by the Mayor November 7, 1885. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE LIFE OF 
GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT.' 



1822. April 27. Born at Point Pleasant, Ohio. 

1839, . . ■ Entered West Point 

1843. . . . Graduated from West Point 

1847 September 8. Mads First Lieutenant on the battle-field of Molino del 

Ray, Mexico. 

1847. September 13. Made Captain for bravery at Chepultepec, Mexico. 

1861. June 17 Colonel of Volunteers. 

1851. August 23. Brigadier-General of Volunteers. 

1862. February 16. Major-General of Volunteers. 

1863. July 4. Major-General of the Regular Army. 

1864. March 9. Lieutenant-General 

1865. July 26. General of the Army. 

1867. August 12, Secretary of War, sd interim. 

1869, March 4, President of the United States. 

1877. . . . Citizen. 

1885. March 3. General of United States Army, retired list. 

1885. July 23. Died at Mount McGregor, New York, 

1885, August 8, Buried at Riverside Park, New York City, 

'From "Life :iml Deeds uf Gen. Grant," by Rev. P. C. Hiadley. 



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